Crime Rates at Market Square, London, E14 6AQ

Market Square area has the highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Lansbury , and the 31st highest crime rate of 710 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 703.7 per 1,000 residents and was 476.3% higher than the Lansbury average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 191.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% 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 113 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.