Total Crime Rate

128.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 128.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.0 10/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Huddleston Close area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 354th highest crime rate of 710 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 Huddleston Close (E2 9NR) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (β‰ˆ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Huddleston Close (E2 9NR), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 162 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Huddleston Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silk Weaver Way β€”
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vyner Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centre Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poyser Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parmiter Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edinburgh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Grove β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Jude'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Jude'S Road β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Middleton Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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