Crime Rates at Market Square, London, E14 6AQ

Market Square area has the highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Lansbury , and the 26th 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 Market Square (E14 6AQ) in the last 12 months was 781.1 per 1,000 residents and was 459.4% higher than the Lansbury average (139.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 222.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Square (E14 6AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kerbey Street, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rifle Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.