Total Crime Rate
190.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Roberta Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 255th 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 Roberta Street (E2 6NU) in the last 12 months was 190.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 232.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roberta Street (E2 6NU), the main crime hotspot is near Rushmead. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gosset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B108 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Turin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Turin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wellington Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ropley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivimey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ropley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turin Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lampern Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Voss Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Voss Street | Local resolution |
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