Total Crime Rate
193.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barchester Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Lansbury , and the 248th highest crime rate of 693 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 Barchester Street (E14 6RD) in the last 12 months was 193.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% higher than the Lansbury average (139.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 89.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 150.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barchester Street (E14 6RD), the main crime hotspot is near Violet Road. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lansbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Violet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Violet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Violet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Violet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Violet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Violet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guthridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guthridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guthridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Violet Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Yeo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morris Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Balladier Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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