Total Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Teale Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 208th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Teale Street (E2 9AE) in the last 12 months was 92.9 per 1,000 residents and was 45.8% lower than the Bethnal Green West average (171.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Teale Street (E2 9AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldsmith'S Row, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Temple Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Regent'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Temple Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blythe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Temple Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goldsmith'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dinmont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dinmont Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coate Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Coate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ada Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blythe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dove Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warner Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldsmith'S Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldsmith'S Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goldsmith'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dove Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
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