Total Crime Rate
171.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bonner Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 284th 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 Bonner Road (E2 9JU) in the last 12 months was 171.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bonner Road (E2 9JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roman Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stainsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moravian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Butler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Usk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B118 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B118 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Royston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Butler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Globe Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Butler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
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