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Bethnal Green

20,920 people · median £500,000 · Tower Hamlets

Good for schools
Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor)   33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This neighbourhood

Crime runs at 13.3 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

195226257288Aug 2025Jul 2026279
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month13.3
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Anti-social behaviour
771
Violence and sexual offences
735
Other theft
219
Public order
183
Shoplifting
164
Burglary
159
Recorded crimes by category within this neighbourhood, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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