Total Crime Rate
235.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sewardstone Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 199th 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 Sewardstone Road (E2 9JN) in the last 12 months was 235.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sewardstone Road (E2 9JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James'S Avenue, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bonner Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Skipworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B118 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Approach Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B118 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brierly Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brierly Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hunslett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Approach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hartley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hartley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Approach Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sewardstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Redruth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cyprus Place | — |
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