Total Crime Rate
249.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Manchester 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Union Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stewart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stewart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Manchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ovex Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ovex Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rotterdam Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stewart Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Olliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | River Barge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | River Barge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Schooner Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Schooner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Schooner Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stewart Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Barge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stewart Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seyssel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seyssel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Galbraith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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