Total Crime Rate

132.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 132.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Burglary 17.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 10.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Esker Place area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 348th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Esker Place (E2 9FG) in the last 12 months was 132.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (β‰ˆ 66.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Esker Place (E2 9FG), 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.

Crime Over Time in Esker Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Temple Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centre Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pott Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Pott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edinburgh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Treadway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mare Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Jersey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canrobert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Northiam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pott Street β€”

Data Sources

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