Total Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newell Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 110th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newell Street (E14 7JP) in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.0% lower than the Limehouse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newell Street (E14 7JP), the main crime hotspot is near St Anne'S Row. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Limehouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basin Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dundee Wharf | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tivoli Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tivoli Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tivoli Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tivoli Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundee Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dundee Wharf | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dundee Wharf | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dundee Wharf | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Colt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Colt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Three Colt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Colt Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Colt Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwater Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwater Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwater Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Anne'S Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Anne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Anne'S Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beccles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stocks Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stocks Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stocks Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenade Street | β |
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