Total Crime Rate
294.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hutchings Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 138th 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 Hutchings Street (E14 8JY) in the last 12 months was 294.3 per 1,000 residents and was 209.6% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 88.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hutchings Street (E14 8JY), the main crime hotspot is near Manilla Street. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandlers Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Havannah Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Byng Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havannah Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Havannah Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alpha Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alpha Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Janet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Millwall Dock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheval Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheval Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheval Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheval Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Janet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Caravel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpha Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Caravel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caravel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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