Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Public order 21.4 9/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Knighthead Point area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 229th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knighthead Point (E14 8SS) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower than the Canary Wharf average (168.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knighthead Point (E14 8SS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Knighthead Point area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hutching'S Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Caravel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Caravel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Caravel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Moiety Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westferry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westferry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnhem Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnhem Place
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Janet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpha Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alpha Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alpha Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byng Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Old Bellgate Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Janet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Byng Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mellish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lanterns Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lanterns Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lanterns Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cassilis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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