Total Crime Rate

374.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

138.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 374.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 138.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.8 10/10
  • Other theft 42.3 10/10
  • Burglary 37.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.0 10/10
  • Public order 22.3 9/10
  • Drugs 20.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chipka Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 93rd 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 Chipka Street (E14 3LD) in the last 12 months was 374.2 per 1,000 residents and was 252.7% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 138.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chipka Street (E14 3LD), the main crime hotspot is near Harbour Exchange Square. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chipka Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/92)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Folly Wall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Plevna Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Plevna Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cardale Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roffey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hickin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glengall Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Launch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Folly Wall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Folly Wall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Galbraith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Folly Wall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Folly Wall —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime South West India Dock Entrance Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary South West India Dock Entrance Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South West India Dock Entrance —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovegrove Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovegrove Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovegrove Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lovegrove Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Galbraith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Strattondale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A1206 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft New Union Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ovex Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ovex Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Union Close —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft New Union Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary New Union Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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