Total Crime Rate

413.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 413.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.3 10/10
  • Drugs 54.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.3 10/10
  • Public order 32.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 32.1 7/10
  • Other theft 25.6 10/10
  • Burglary 19.2 10/10
  • Robbery 19.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Prestons Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 75th 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 Prestons Road (E14 9EL) in the last 12 months was 413.5 per 1,000 residents and was 334.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 240.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 141.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1347.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prestons Road (E14 9EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aspen Way, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Biscayne Avenue (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Prestons Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/78)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons East India Dock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yabsley Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aspen Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aspen Way —
Sep 2025Other crime Yabsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yabsley Street —
Sep 2025Drugs St Lawrence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs St Lawrence Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge House Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boardwalk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boardwalk Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Boardwalk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Boardwalk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Boardwalk Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft A1261 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prestage Way —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biscayne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biscayne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prestage Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baffin Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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