Total Crime Rate

249.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 249.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.8 9/10
  • Other theft 41.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Manchester Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 177th highest crime rate of 710 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 Manchester Road (E14 3HW) in the last 12 months was 249.0 per 1,000 residents and was 161.9% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 79.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Manchester Road (E14 3HW), the main crime hotspot is near New Union Close. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Manchester Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Union Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Manchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ovex Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ovex Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rotterdam Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Olliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order River Barge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order River Barge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Schooner Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Schooner Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Schooner Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Barge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galbraith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blyth Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seyssel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seyssel Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chichester Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Galbraith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Galbraith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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