Total Crime Rate
231.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blount Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 206th 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 Blount Street (E14 7RL) in the last 12 months was 231.3 per 1,000 residents and was 119.8% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blount Street (E14 7RL), the main crime hotspot is near Ben Jonson Road. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Dunstan's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | York Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Halley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhodeswell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maroon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rhodeswell Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rhodeswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rhodeswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Solomon Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Solomon Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Solomon Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Solomon Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rhodeswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rhodeswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rhodeswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Repton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ben Jonson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Jonson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carr Street | Under investigation |
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