Total Crime Rate
258.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mint Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 169th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mint Street (E2 6FZ) in the last 12 months was 258.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 50.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mint Street (E2 6FZ), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Heath Road. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wyllen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Key Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Key Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finnis Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cambridge Heath Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyllen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Corfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Corfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glass Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Herald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coventry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coventry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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