Total Crime Rate
246.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cotall Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Lansbury , and the 184th 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 Cotall Street (E14 6TL) in the last 12 months was 246.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% higher than the Lansbury average (139.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotall Street (E14 6TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stainsby Road, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burgess Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lansbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Invicta Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Invicta Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartlett Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Celandine Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shelmerdine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelmerdine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelmerdine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belton Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Road | — |
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