Total Crime Rate
703.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vesey Path 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 Vesey Path (E14 6BW) 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 Vesey Path (E14 6BW), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carron Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carron Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carron Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harrow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Poplar Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smythe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smythe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smythe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Finchs Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Finchs Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Simpson'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Harrow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harrow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bazely Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cotton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cotton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cotton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ricardo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Lane | Under investigation |
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