Crime Rate in Blackwall & Cubitt Town, ward

Blackwall & Cubitt Town has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 1954th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 347th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Blackwall & Cubitt Town in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Blackwall & Cubitt Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 642 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 15 cases , up 36.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 67.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 828 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Blackwall & Cubitt Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 114 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Biscayne Avenue (47 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.