Total Crime Rate
466.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leamouth Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 68th 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 Leamouth Road (E14 0JG) in the last 12 months was 466.7 per 1,000 residents and was 339.9% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (106.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 105.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leamouth Road (E14 0JG), the main crime hotspot is near Hope Street. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Poplar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | New Village Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamestown Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanrick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East India | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East India | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newport Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newport Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oban Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oban Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lanrick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Portree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Catkin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Portree Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | New Village Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Village Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oregano Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oregano Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oregano Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oregano Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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