Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 42.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wharf 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 Wharf Place (E2 9BD) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Wharf Place (E2 9BD), the main crime hotspot is near Mare Street. Police recorded 250 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wharf Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/88)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Sotheran Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Coate Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Trederwen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Trederwen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trederwen Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Trederwen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Minerva Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dinmont Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dinmont Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Regent'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hare Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ada Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Burglary The Oval Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Oval Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Corbridge Crescent —
Apr 2026Burglary Hare Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hare Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Mare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Mare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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