Total Crime Rate
72.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nelson Gardens area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 170th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nelson Gardens (E2 7AH) in the last 12 months was 72.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nelson Gardens (E2 7AH), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Treadway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squirries Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Peter'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Squirries Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Treadway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Treadway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gibbs Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lampern Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Teale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dinmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winkley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B108 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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