Total Crime Rate
593.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Arcadia Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Lansbury , and the 39th 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 Arcadia Street (E14 6LF) in the last 12 months was 593.1 per 1,000 residents and was 385.7% higher than the Lansbury average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 216.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arcadia Street (E14 6LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stainsby Road, where police recorded 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cotall Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kilner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brabazon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Guthridge Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Guthridge Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Canton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Canton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saracen Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brabazon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brabazon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brabazon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Flora Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Flora Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Flora Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pekin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hawgood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawgood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawgood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawgood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawgood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nankin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canton Street | β |
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