Total Crime Rate

654.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

250.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 654.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 250.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 205.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 117.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 95.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 66.2 10/10
  • Burglary 51.5 10/10
  • Other theft 44.1 10/10
  • Public order 29.4 10/10
  • Drugs 14.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 14.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cotton Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 37th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cotton Street (E14 0FQ) in the last 12 months was 654.4 per 1,000 residents and was 516.8% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (106.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 478.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotton Street (E14 0FQ), the main crime hotspot is near Aspen Way. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cotton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/104)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Poplar Bath Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mountague Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woolmore Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oliphant Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oliphant Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cotton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cotton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cotton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bazely Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bazely Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bazely Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bazely Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mountague Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Woolmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Athol Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Athol Square —
Apr 2026Public order A102 Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Andrew Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Adderley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Follett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Follett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Follett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Follett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Follett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woolmore Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolmore Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Follett Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aspen Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Ditchburn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ditchburn Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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