Total Crime Rate
299.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cheval Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 136th 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 Cheval Street (E14 8QE) in the last 12 months was 299.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% higher than the Canary Wharf average (168.7 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 108.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 304.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheval Street (E14 8QE), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hutching'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Caravel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Caravel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caravel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Moiety Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Westferry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Westferry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnhem Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnhem Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Janet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpha Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alpha Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alpha Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byng Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Bellgate Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Janet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Byng Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellish Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanterns Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lanterns Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lanterns Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cassilis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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