Total Crime Rate

72.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 72.1 6/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Three Colt Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 155th 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 Three Colt Street (E14 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 72.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% lower than the Limehouse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Three Colt Street (E14 8AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Anne'S Row, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farrance Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Three Colt Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/89)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ropemaker'S Fields —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milligan Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Farrance Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Farrance Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Salter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Limehouse Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stocks Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stocks Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stocks Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stocks Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milligan Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Farrance Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grenade Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beccles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beccles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beccles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Beccles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Beccles Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Beccles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Beccles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Farrance Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Farrance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Birchfield Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amoy Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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