Total Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ada Place area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 16 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ada Place (E2 9BA) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% lower than the Bethnal Green West average (171.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (β 42.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ada Place (E2 9BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway Market, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trederwen Road (19 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 | Theft from the person | Duncan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welshpool Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welshpool Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welshpool Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broadway Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadway Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Broadway Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broadway Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broadway Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broadway Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ada Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Market | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Market | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garner Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Market | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Broadway Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broadway Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moye Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dove Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welshpool Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goldsmith'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Coate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dinmont Street | Under investigation |
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