Total Crime Rate
263.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Menotti Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 168th highest crime rate of 693 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 Menotti Street (E2 6JH) in the last 12 months was 263.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 101.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Menotti Street (E2 6JH), 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.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tapp Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hemming Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hemming Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Derbyshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Buckfast Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Buckfast Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viaduct Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viaduct Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolverley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolverley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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