Total Crime Rate

29.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.7 3/10
  • Violent crimes 14.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.5 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harbinger 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.

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Crime Over Time in Harbinger Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Mast House Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Thermopylae Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hesperus Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hesperus Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Langbourne Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Thermopylae Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheat Sheaf Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sark Mews
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sark Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sark Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Undine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Undine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Undine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Macquarie Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ambassador Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Undine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wheat Sheaf Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Torres Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harbinger Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mast House Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Epping Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Epping Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Torres Square
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Torres Square
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Epping Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Britannia Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harbinger Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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