Total Crime Rate

102.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

0.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 102.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.2 10/10
  • Burglary 20.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Observatory Mews area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 249th lowest 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 Observatory Mews (E14 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 102.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% lower than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (106.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

In the area around Observatory Mews (E14 3AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Glengarnock Avenue. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Observatory Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Glengarnock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blyth Close —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Olliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leerdam Drive —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blyth Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blyth Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blyth Close —
Apr 2026Drugs Caledonian Wharf Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Blyth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blyth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sextant Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sextant Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Plymouth Wharf —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plymouth Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seyssel Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Caledonian Wharf Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenaffric Avenue —
Apr 2026Other theft Glengarnock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Glenworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glengarnock Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parsonage Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parsonage Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Glengarnock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenaffric Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Glenaffric Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Glenaffric Avenue Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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