Total Crime Rate

74.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 74.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 41.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rainbow Avenue area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rainbow Avenue (E14 3AR) in the last 12 months was 74.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 10.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rainbow Avenue (E14 3AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Torres Square, where police recorded 33 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 Rainbow Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Torres Square —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Macquarie Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sark Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sark Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sark Mews —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Thermopylae Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Langbourne Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Thermopylae Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hesperus Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ambassador Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harbinger Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harbinger Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Britannia Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Britannia Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Torres Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Torres Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hesperus Crescent —

Data Sources

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