Total Crime Rate

95.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · 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 95.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cottage 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.

Crime Over Time in Cottage Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ricardo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hay Currie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hay Currie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hay Currie Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Southill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Southill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Southill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bazely Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willis Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Bazely Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bazely Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bazely Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountague Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shirbutt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shirbutt Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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