Total Crime Rate

291.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 291.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 75.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 58.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Other theft 41.7 10/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Ailsa Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Lansbury , and the 148th 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 Ailsa Street (E14 0LE) in the last 12 months was 291.7 per 1,000 residents and was 108.9% higher than the Lansbury average (139.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ailsa Street (E14 0LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leven Road, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Everest Place (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ailsa Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Andrew Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Brion Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nairn Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nairn Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Joshua Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Joshua Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Joshua Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Brion Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Everest Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nairn Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Everest Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Everest Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Everest Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Everest Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Everest Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Everest Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nairn Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nairn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Everest Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leven Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leven Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Leven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leven Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nairn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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