Total Crime Rate
244.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sebright Passage area has the 4th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 183rd 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 Sebright Passage (E2 8PT) in the last 12 months was 244.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -56.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 85.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sebright Passage (E2 8PT), 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 Minerva Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Teale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Temple Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Temple Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Govan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Govan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Treadway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Teale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Treadway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ada Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ada Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ada Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lampern Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Minerva Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Broadway Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Teesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mullet Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cambridge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cambridge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Street | Under investigation |
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