Total Crime Rate
396.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Byng Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 86th 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 Byng Street (E14 8LP) in the last 12 months was 396.7 per 1,000 residents and was 127.9% higher than the Canary Wharf average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 139.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Byng Street (E14 8LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Admirals Way, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manilla Street (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canary Wharf| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hutching'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heron Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heron Quays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Heron Quays | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Quays | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Quays | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Quays | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manilla Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manilla Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manilla Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuba Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Quays | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuba Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mastmaker Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dockyard Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dockyard Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dockyard Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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