Total Crime Rate

3043.0 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 3043.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 751.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 606.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 552.0 10/10
  • Other theft 366.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 192.3 10/10
  • Public order 167.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 92.8 10/10
  • Burglary 76.9 10/10
  • Robbery 58.8 10/10
  • Drugs 54.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 52.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 40.7 10/10
  • Other crime 18.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.6 10/10
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

This area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 710 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 This (E14 5NW) in the last 12 months was 3043.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3100.5% 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 Shoplifting with 332 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 38.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -26.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 350 (≈ 791.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode E14 5NW, the main crime hotspot is near Canary Wharf. Police recorded 488 crimes here, including 105 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in E14 5NW area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heron Quays —
Sep 2025Other theft West India Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Canary Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Canary Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canary Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canary Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West India Quay —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West India Quay —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West India Quay —
Sep 2025Burglary West India Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs West India Quay Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person West India Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canary Wharf —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West India Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West India Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dockyard Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lighterman'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lighterman'S Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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