Total Crime Rate

132.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 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 9FH) 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 (≈ 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 9FH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Esker Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Teesdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edinburgh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cambridge Heath Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Robbery Middleton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Patriot Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winkley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parmiter Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Oval Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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