Total Crime Rate
237.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rich Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 196th highest crime rate of 710 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 Rich Street (E14 8BA) in the last 12 months was 237.0 per 1,000 residents and was 102.5% higher than the Limehouse average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rich Street (E14 8BA), the main crime hotspot is near St Anne'S Row. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Limehouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Anne'S Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Anne'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinidad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rich Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Salter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Anne'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenade Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Birchfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barleycorn Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barleycorn Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinidad Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenade Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barleycorn Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West India Dock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Anne Street | β |
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