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 5SE) 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 5SE), the main crime hotspot is near Aspen Way. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountague Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Aspen 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 | Baffin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horatio Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horatio Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovegrove Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovegrove Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lovegrove Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovegrove Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boardwalk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horatio Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boardwalk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aspen Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aspen Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aspen Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aspen Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge House Quay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aspen Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Yabsley Street | Under investigation |
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