Total Crime Rate

244.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 244.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.6 9/10
  • Other theft 29.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 13.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Drugs 8.0 8/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sebright 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.

Crime Over Time in Sebright Passage area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teale Street
Sep 2025Robbery Temple Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Govan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Govan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Treadway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Old Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Teale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Old Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Treadway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pritchard'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Square
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Square
Sep 2025Drugs Ada Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ada Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ada Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Square
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lampern Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Minerva Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Broadway Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Teesdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mullet Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durant Street Under investigation
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

Data Sources

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