Total Crime Rate
192.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Magellan Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 251st 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 Magellan Place (E14 3QW) in the last 12 months was 192.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% higher than the Canary Wharf average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magellan Place (E14 3QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Epping Close, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Inglewood Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Island Gardens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torres Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesperus Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hesperus Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ambassador Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mast House Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mast House Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epping Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | Under investigation |
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