Total Crime Rate

85.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 85.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 27.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Market Square area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Lansbury , and the 190th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Market Square (E14 6AB) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Square (E14 6AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kerbey Street, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Susannah Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Market Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malam Gardens
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chrisp Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chrisp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chrisp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chrisp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chrisp Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Chrisp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chrisp Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Southill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Southill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Southill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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