Crime Rates at Billingsgate Market, London, E14 5ST

Billingsgate Market area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 5th highest crime rate of 693 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 Billingsgate Market (E14 5ST) in the last 12 months was 1793.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1590.9% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (106.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 123 (≈ 415.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Billingsgate Market (E14 5ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 214 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canada Square (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.