Total Crime Rate

105.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ovex Close area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 279th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ovex Close (E14 3PR) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ovex Close (E14 3PR), 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 Ovex Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strattondale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Marshfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marshfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Roserton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stewart Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strattondale Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stewart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Manchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ovex Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ovex Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rotterdam Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Union Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order River Barge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Barge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strattondale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order River Barge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galbraith Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting A1206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galbraith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chipka Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chipka Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawn House Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order A1206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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