Total Crime Rate
59.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scott Russell Place area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 113th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scott Russell Place (E14 3TP) in the last 12 months was 59.8 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower than the Canary Wharf average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scott Russell Place (E14 3TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Torres Square, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sark Mews (13 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 | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesperus Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macquarie Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sark Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sark Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thermopylae Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Thermopylae Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Langbourne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sark Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hesperus Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ambassador Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torres Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
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