Total Crime Rate
477.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manchester Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 64th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Manchester Road (E14 3BD) in the last 12 months was 477.9 per 1,000 residents and was 350.4% higher 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 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 123.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manchester Road (E14 3BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Island Gardens Dlr, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manchester Grove (26 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 | Sark Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stebondale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Island Gardens Dlr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Island Gardens Dlr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Island Gardens Dlr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Horseshoe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Island Gardens Dlr | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Manchester Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockesfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macquarie Way | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Manchester Grove | Under investigation |
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