Total Crime Rate
876.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vyner Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 21st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vyner Street (E2 9DG) in the last 12 months was 876.3 per 1,000 residents and was 470.7% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 99 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vyner Street (E2 9DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mare Street, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Booth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Booth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cambridge Heath | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Westgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Booth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Silk Weaver Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Oval | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oval | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Earlston Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northiam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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