Total Crime Rate
226.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Narrow Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 215th 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 Narrow Street (E14 8DD) in the last 12 months was 226.9 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (β 8.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Narrow Street (E14 8DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limehouse, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Yorkshire Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Limehouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spert Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basin Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Narrow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Narrow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolling Mills Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northey Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northey Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wharf Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ropemaker'S Fields | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ropemaker'S Fields | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Island Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Island Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Square | β |
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