Total Crime Rate
204.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salmon Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 237th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salmon Lane (E14 7NA) in the last 12 months was 204.0 per 1,000 residents and was 99.2% higher than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salmon Lane (E14 7NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limehouse, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ben Jonson Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yorkshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ben Jonson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boulcott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boulcott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boulcott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Boulcott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Yorkshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flamborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pechora Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coltman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Limehouse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coltman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Solomon Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | York Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | York Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Repton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elsa Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaw Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ratcliffe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Limehouse | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitehorse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Limehouse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salmon Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Salmon Lane | Under investigation |
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