Total Crime Rate
169.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cardale Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 289th highest crime rate of 693 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 Cardale Street (E14 3LN) in the last 12 months was 169.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cardale Street (E14 3LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crossharbour, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harbour Exchange Square (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackwall & Cubitt Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harbour Exchange Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roffey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hickin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Launch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plevna Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossharbour | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossharbour | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crossharbour | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crossharbour | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crossharbour | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plevna Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crossharbour | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Union Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | River Barge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | River Barge Close | Under investigation |
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