Total Crime Rate

291.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 291.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.2 10/10
  • Other theft 52.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Drugs 17.5 10/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hertsmere Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 141st highest crime rate of 710 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 Hertsmere Road (E14 4AF) in the last 12 months was 291.2 per 1,000 residents and was 206.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hertsmere Road (E14 4AF), the main crime hotspot is near Canary Wharf. Police recorded 459 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Hertsmere Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nankin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kemps Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ming Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kemps Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Canary Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Canary Wharf Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canary Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pennyfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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