Total Crime Rate

85.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 15.5 9/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Birchfield Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Lansbury , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 710 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 8EY) in the last 12 months was 85.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% lower than the Lansbury average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchfield Street (E14 8EY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Birchfield Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/104)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Westferry Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltwell Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Saltwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Saltwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saltwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milligan Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Westferry Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Westferry Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Westferry Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Dod Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dod Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dod Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse Link (Tunnel) —
Sep 2025Burglary Garford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cannon Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltwell Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Morant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cannon Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rich Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pekin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenade Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenade Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenade Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Trinidad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinidad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Salter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Morant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Street —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 104

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑