Total Crime Rate
24000.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harbour Exchange Square area has the highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 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 Harbour Exchange Square (E14 9HE) in the last 12 months was 24000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25141.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 9000.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harbour Exchange Square (E14 9HE), the main crime hotspot is near Marsh Wall. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pan Peninsula Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strattondale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Launch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Launch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Glengall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Galbraith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galbraith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galbraith Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strattondale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strattondale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muirfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muirfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muirfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Muirfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Muirfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Muirfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Muirfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawn House Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Launch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossharbour | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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