Total Crime Rate
404.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackwall Way area has the 11th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 77th 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 Blackwall Way (E14 9GF) in the last 12 months was 404.2 per 1,000 residents and was 325.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 119.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 255.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackwall Way (E14 9GF), the main crime hotspot is near East India. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newport Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East India | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East India | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East India | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East India | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | John Smith Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Smith Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamestown Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | East India | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pilgrims Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Benledi Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Benledi Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catkin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catkin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catkin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valencia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valencia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valencia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valencia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valencia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valencia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Valencia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East India | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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