Total Crime Rate

488.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

230.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 488.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 230.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 51.2 8/10
  • Robbery 46.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.2 9/10
  • Public order 37.2 10/10
  • Other theft 32.6 10/10
  • Drugs 30.2 10/10
  • Burglary 25.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 23.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Voss Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 61st 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 Voss Street (E2 6HP) in the last 12 months was 488.4 per 1,000 residents and was 244.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 230.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% 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 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seabright Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Voss Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Tapp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wolverley Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Winkley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winkley Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winkley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wolverley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Wolverley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wolverley Street
Apr 2026Drugs Hague Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Buckfast Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Buckfast Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hague Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hague Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kelsey Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Teesdale Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kelsey Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kelsey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Hereford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hereford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tapp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Scott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nelson Gardens
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nelson Gardens
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Scott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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