Total Crime Rate
29.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harbinger Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 24th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harbinger Road (E14 3AA) in the last 12 months was 29.7 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% lower than the Canary Wharf average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harbinger Road (E14 3AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Epping Close, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sark Mews (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Island Gardens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mast House Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thermopylae Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hesperus Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesperus Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Langbourne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thermopylae Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheat Sheaf Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sark Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sark Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sark Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Undine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macquarie Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ambassador Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheat Sheaf Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torres Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mast House Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epping Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
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