Total Crime Rate

179.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 179.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 82.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.3 9/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

East Ferry Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 270th 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 East Ferry Road (E14 3LB) in the last 12 months was 179.5 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% 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 Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -68.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Ferry Road (E14 3LB), 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 East Ferry Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strattondale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Folly Wall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Launch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Launch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Launch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glengall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glengall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glengall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Glengall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Galbraith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Galbraith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galbraith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galbraith Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strattondale Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strattondale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Folly Wall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stewart 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 New Union Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ovex Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ovex Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Marshfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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