Total Crime Rate
86.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aston Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 208th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aston Street (E14 7NE) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.8% lower than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aston Street (E14 7NE), 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 | Salmon Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boulcott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Basin Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ratcliffe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Solomon Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Boulcott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ratcliffe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lighterman Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elsa Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitehorse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Horse Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | White Horse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | White Horse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ratcliffe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coltman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakeling Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ben Jonson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Limehouse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Limehouse | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Limehouse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Limehouse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ben Jonson Road | Under investigation |
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