Total Crime Rate
305.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chipka Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 130th 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 Chipka Street (E14 3LD) in the last 12 months was 305.1 per 1,000 residents and was 220.9% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 115.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chipka Street (E14 3LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harbour Exchange Square, where police recorded 101 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Launch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Galbraith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Launch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Launch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Folly Wall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Folly Wall | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Folly Wall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Folly Wall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Capstan Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horatio Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horatio Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horatio Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galbraith Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovegrove Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stewart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Barge Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | New Union Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ovex Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ovex Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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