Total Crime Rate
178.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spert Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 268th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spert Street (E14 8EB) in the last 12 months was 178.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (β 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spert Street (E14 8EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limehouse, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ratcliffe Lane (25 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 | Sophia Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | York Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Yorkshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Yorkshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Yorkshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Yorkshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Yorkshire Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Branch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Limehouse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Limehouse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Limehouse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limehouse | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ratcliffe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ratcliffe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Yorkshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wakeling Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
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