Total Crime Rate
308.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Ferry Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 136th 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 East Ferry Road (E14 3BT) in the last 12 months was 308.8 per 1,000 residents and was 191.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -46.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Ferry Road (E14 3BT), the main crime hotspot is near Crossharbour. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackwall & Cubitt Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pepper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossharbour | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crossharbour | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Launch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hickin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roffey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plevna Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plevna Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Strattondale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strattondale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossharbour | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crossharbour | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pepper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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