Total Crime Rate
268.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dunbridge Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 163rd 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 Dunbridge Street (E2 6JJ) in the last 12 months was 268.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.7% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunbridge Street (E2 6JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durward Street, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitechapel (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pott Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellsworth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Corfield Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rushmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rushmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rushmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rushmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rushmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rushmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Corfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellsworth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellsworth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunbridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dunbridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glass Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bethnal Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapp Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cudworth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Granary Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
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