Total Crime Rate
265.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milligan Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 165th 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 Milligan Street (E14 8AT) in the last 12 months was 265.4 per 1,000 residents and was 117.5% higher than the Limehouse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (β 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milligan Street (E14 8AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dundee Wharf, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cannon Drive (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Limehouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oak Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Premiere Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenade Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milligan Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milligan Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stocks Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stocks Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stocks Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Limehouse Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Salter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rugg Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Westferry | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westferry | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Premiere Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse Link (Tunnel) | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse Link (Tunnel) | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limehouse Link (Tunnel) | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amoy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Amoy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amoy Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cannon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | β |
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