Total Crime Rate

212.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 212.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 37.9 10/10
  • Public order 32.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.8 9/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Follett Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Lansbury , and the 225th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Follett Street (E14 6LG) in the last 12 months was 212.8 per 1,000 residents and was 74.3% higher than the Lansbury average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 110.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Follett Street (E14 6LG), the main crime hotspot is near Aspen Way. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Follett Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Tayburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Tayburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hay Currie Street
Sep 2025Burglary Hay Currie Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hay Currie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hay Currie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robin Hood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woolmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Andrew Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woolmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Woolmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woolmore Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Cotton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cotton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotton Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tayburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Poplar Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bazely Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Aspen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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