Total Crime Rate
192.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jamestown Way area has the 27th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 250th 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 Jamestown Way (E14 2DH) in the last 12 months was 192.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 77.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jamestown Way (E14 2DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oregano Drive, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newport Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackwall & Cubitt Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oregano Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | John Smith Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newport Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamestown Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | John Smith Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newport Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | John Smith Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1263 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East India | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oregano Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1263 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1263 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leamouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leamouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East India | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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