Total Crime Rate

171.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 171.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 70.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.3 8/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 13.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bonner 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bonner Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Approach Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Stainsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moravian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Digby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James'S Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James'S Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Road
Apr 2026Theft from the person Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Digby Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Digby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Usk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime B118 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft B118 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Royston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Butler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bacton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Globe Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Burglary Bacton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Butler Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bacton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place

Data Sources

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