Total Crime Rate

63.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.5 per 1,000 2/10 · 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 63.4 6/10
  • Drugs 26.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 7.5 2/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.5 2/10
  • 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
  • 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
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

Cumberland Mills Square area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 128th 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 Cumberland Mills Square (E14 3BJ) in the last 12 months was 63.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% 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 Drugs with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cumberland Mills Square (E14 3BJ), 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 Cumberland Mills Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Stebondale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blyth Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seyssel Street —
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 2026Drugs Caledonian Wharf Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blyth Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Glenworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parsonage Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Glenworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Glengarnock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Glengarnock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Glengarnock Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parsonage Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glengarnock Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenaffric Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenaffric Avenue —
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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