Total Crime Rate

252.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 252.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Other theft 29.3 10/10
  • Burglary 18.6 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 13.3 9/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Buckhurst Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 178th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buckhurst Street (E2 6FU) in the last 12 months was 252.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 90.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckhurst Street (E2 6FU), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 188 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Buckhurst Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/186)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wyllen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Barnsley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Birkbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Birkbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birkbeck Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birkbeck Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birkbeck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barnsley Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Barnsley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Darling Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Darling Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Collingwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Collingwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tapp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tapp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tapp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bethnal Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cambridge Heath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wickford Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollybush Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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