Total Crime Rate
113.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Boardwalk Place area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 299th 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 Boardwalk Place (E14 5GE) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -73.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boardwalk Place (E14 5GE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aspen Way, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Biscayne Avenue (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bazely Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aspen Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horatio Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge House Quay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raleana Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Lawrence Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Lawrence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yabsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yabsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Yabsley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aspen Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aspen Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aspen Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horatio Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aspen Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Biscayne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Biscayne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestage Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestage Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Baffin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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