Total Crime Rate

375.7 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 375.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.2 9/10
  • Other theft 29.6 10/10
  • Public order 29.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 29.6 10/10
  • Robbery 23.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 20.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • 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

Bethnal Green Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 93rd 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 Bethnal Green Road (E2 6LJ) in the last 12 months was 375.7 per 1,000 residents and was 124.9% higher than the Bethnal Green West average (167.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 112.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 6LJ), 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 Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/112)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hemming Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollard Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canrobert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheldon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claredale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hemming Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Buckfast Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rushmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Square —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Peter'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B108 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blythe Street —
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Data Sources

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