Total Crime Rate
30.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hesperus Crescent area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 26th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hesperus Crescent (E14 3AD) in the last 12 months was 30.2 per 1,000 residents and was 82.7% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hesperus Crescent (E14 3AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sherwood Gardens, where police recorded 30 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Langbourne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockesfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macquarie Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Undine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sark Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sark Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sark Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thermopylae Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thermopylae Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheat Sheaf Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheat Sheaf Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ambassador Square | 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 |
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