Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 30.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 7/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barnes Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Barnes Street (E14 7NR) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% lower than the St Dunstan's average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnes Street (E14 7NR), the main crime hotspot is near Ben Jonson Road. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barnes Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/96)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parnham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Salmon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Halley Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ben Jonson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Ben Jonson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Salmon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salmon Lane —
Apr 2026Other theft Repton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brenton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Camdenhurst Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yorkshire Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Yorkshire Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Branch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Halley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Solomon Way —
Apr 2026Drugs Barnes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parnham Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehorse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Whitehorse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parnham Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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