Total Crime Rate
793.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
370.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Millennium Place area has the 4th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 24th 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 Millennium Place (E2 9NL) in the last 12 months was 793.1 per 1,000 residents and was 458.6% 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 370.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millennium Place (E2 9NL), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 188 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybush Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parmiter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Peel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Close | — |
| 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 | Public order | Robinson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hollybush Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Minerva Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vyner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mare Street | Under investigation |
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