Total Crime Rate

235.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 235.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 169.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sewardstone 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 9JW) 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 9JW), 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 Redruth Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Sewardstone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gore Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Robinson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Redruth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Type Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Type Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Approach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Approach Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gore Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robinson Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redruth Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redruth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B118 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B118 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Redruth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Redruth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cyprus Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redruth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Skipworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cyprus Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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