Total Crime Rate
95.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cottage Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Lansbury , and the 243rd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cottage Street (E14 0AA) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Lansbury average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cottage Street (E14 0AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kerbey Street, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East India Dock Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ricardo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hay Currie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hay Currie Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hay Currie Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Southill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Southill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bazely Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bazely Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bazely Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bazely Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountague Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountague Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountague Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountague Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shirbutt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shirbutt Street | Under investigation |
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