Total Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birchfield Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Lansbury , and the 197th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Birchfield Street (E14 8ED) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% lower than the Lansbury average (139.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 11 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 ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birchfield Street (E14 8ED), 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.
View Crime In Poplar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinefield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stainsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stainsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stainsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stainsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stainsby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stainsby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West India Dock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinefield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pinefield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pinefield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pinefield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinefield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pennyfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelling Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pelling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birchfield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cannon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pigott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennyfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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