Total Crime Rate
90.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ada Place area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 224th lowest crime rate of 710 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 9BB) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 86.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ada Place (E2 9BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway Market, where police recorded 85 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 | Vehicle crime | Welshpool Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Treadway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sportsman Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholl Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claredale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sheldon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Andrews Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Andrews Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Andrews Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Treadway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Treadway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Andrews Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Magnin Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinmont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dinmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Broadway Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Broadway Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Broadway Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Broadway Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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