Total Crime Rate
738.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Manilla Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 28th 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 Manilla Street (E14 8GE) in the last 12 months was 738.3 per 1,000 residents and was 676.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 92 (≈ 359.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manilla Street (E14 8GE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Admirals Way, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manilla Street (76 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandlers Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alpha Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Havannah Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Havannah Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havannah Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Quays | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Heron Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Byng Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alpha Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpha Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Havannah Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Havannah Street | — |
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