Total Crime Rate

495.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 495.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 79.1 9/10
  • Other theft 53.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.8 10/10
  • Robbery 41.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 41.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.9 10/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Burglary 23.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.6 10/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Voss Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 54th highest crime rate of 710 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 Voss Street (E2 6HP) in the last 12 months was 495.4 per 1,000 residents and was 222.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 1400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 174.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Voss Street (E2 6HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rushmead, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolverley Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Voss Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Florida Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wilmot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Florida Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Old Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Old Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lampern Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Teesdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivimey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollard Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blythe Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Teesdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teesdale Street
Sep 2025Robbery Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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