Crime Rates at Friars Mead, London, E14 3JY

Friars Mead area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 200th highest crime rate of 710 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 Friars Mead (E14 3JY) in the last 12 months was 232.4 per 1,000 residents and was 144.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 103.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friars Mead (E14 3JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Union Close (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.