Total Crime Rate
1026.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
192.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vyner Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 16th highest crime rate of 693 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 1026.3 per 1,000 residents and was 622.9% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 187 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 29.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 192.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.7% 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 250 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (42 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 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bishop'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Booth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Booth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parmiter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bush Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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