Total Crime Rate
291.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Garford Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 141st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Garford Street (E14 8JG) in the last 12 months was 291.2 per 1,000 residents and was 206.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garford Street (E14 8JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Place (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pinefield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pinefield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Park Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennyfields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beccles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beccles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beccles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugg Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenade Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenade Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West India Dock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pennyfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinidad Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ming Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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