Total Crime Rate
172.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manchester Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 283rd 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 3BL) in the last 12 months was 172.4 per 1,000 residents and was 62.5% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (106.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (β 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manchester Road (E14 3BL), 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 Glengarnock Avenue (28 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 | Island Gardens Dlr | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Caledonian Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Caledonian Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glenworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blyth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blyth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sextant Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sextant Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plymouth Wharf | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glenworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seyssel Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenworth Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengarnock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenaffric Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Island Gardens Dlr | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Island Gardens Dlr | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stebondale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Glengarnock Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glengarnock Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glengarnock Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Island Gardens Dlr | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsonage Street | β |
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