Total Crime Rate
140.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bonner Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 342nd highest crime rate of 693 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 Bonner Road (E2 9JZ) in the last 12 months was 140.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bonner Road (E2 9JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bishop'S Way (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Globe Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moravian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edinburgh Close | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edinburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Russia Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Robinson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sewardstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vicar'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Peel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vicar'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vicar'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B118 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B118 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Approach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cyprus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gawber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bishop'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mowlem Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B127 | Under investigation |
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