Total Crime Rate
3043.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Manilla Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 3rd 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 8LG) in the last 12 months was 3043.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3100.5% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 332 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 38.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -26.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 350 (β 791.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manilla Street (E14 8LG), 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.
View Crime In Blackwall & Cubitt Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandlers Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Admirals Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lighterman'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lighterman'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dockyard Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mastmaker Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Admirals Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Admirals Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Admirals Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Heron Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harbour Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Quays | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Quays | β |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harbour Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbour Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mellish Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cassilis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellish Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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