Total Crime Rate

109.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.8 6/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Temple Yard area has the 8th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 291st lowest 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 Temple Yard (E2 6QD) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the Bethnal Green West average (167.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Temple Yard (E2 6QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ainsley Street, where police recorded 103 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 Temple Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pott Street
Sep 2025Robbery Temple Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centre Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheldon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claredale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Minerva Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Treadway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pott Street
Sep 2025Burglary Treadway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Treadway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lampern Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellsworth Street
Sep 2025Drugs Jersey Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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