Total Crime Rate

495.9 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 495.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 143.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 46.8 10/10
  • Drugs 38.6 10/10
  • Other theft 33.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 33.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.8 10/10
  • Robbery 22.0 10/10
  • Public order 19.3 9/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kerbey Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Lansbury , and the 53rd 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 Kerbey Street (E14 6BS) in the last 12 months was 495.9 per 1,000 residents and was 306.1% higher than the Lansbury average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (β‰ˆ 99.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kerbey Street (E14 6BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kerbey Street, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East India Dock Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Kerbey Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Annabel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Poplar Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flora Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flora Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Poplar Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Flora Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Willis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willis Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hay Currie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hay Currie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hay Currie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Giraud Street β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Flora Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Flora Close Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hay Currie Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountague Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flora Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smythe Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Finchs Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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