Total Crime Rate
29.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Goldsmiths Row area has the lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 42nd 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 Goldsmiths Row (E2 8GL) in the last 12 months was 29.9 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goldsmiths Row (E2 8GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldsmith'S Row, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kay Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Edith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dove Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholl Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B108 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B108 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B108 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B108 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Teale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Dove Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lampern Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Teale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teale Street | Under investigation |
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