Crime Statistics for Bethnal Green, London, Tower Hamlets, 2024

Crime statistics for Bethnal Green, London

There were a total of 2687 street level crime incidents in Bethnal Green in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bethnal Green, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime491
Anti Social Behaviour411
Other Theft411
Theft From The Person392
Shoplifting187
Burglary150
Public Order131
Drugs116
Vehicle Crime105
Robbery95
Criminal Damage Arson93
Bicycle Theft77
Possession Of Weapons15
Other Crime13
All Crime2687

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bethnal Green. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bethnal Green

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bethnal Green and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bethnal Green has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Bethnal Green2687
Shoreditch (1.24 miles)2636
Spitalfields (0.88 miles)2507
St Luke’s (1.24 miles)2318
Haggerston (0.88 miles)2278
Wapping (1.24 miles)2229
Dalston (1.24 miles)2099
Hackney (1.24 miles)2099
Mile End (1.24 miles)1752
Bow (1.24 miles)1570

53.14%
of Spitalfields & Banglatown residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bethnal Green?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bethnal Green and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Shoreditch503
Bethnal Green491
Mile End428
Dalston423
Hackney423
Spitalfields417
Bow406
Haggerston404
St Luke’s389
Wapping362

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bethnal Green?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bethnal Green to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bethnal Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bethnal Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bethnal Green is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Weavers91
2Haggerston86
3St Peter's86
4Spitalfields & Banglatown81
5Hoxton East & Shoreditch79
6Bishopsgate3
7Portsoken3

Which road in Bethnal Green has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bethnal Green with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Lomas Street.

Last updated: January 2024
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