Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.0 3/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Blackwall Way area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 260th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackwall Way (E14 9NZ) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackwall Way (E14 9NZ), 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 Blackwall Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Boardwalk Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aspen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Aspen Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Aspen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aspen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baffin Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prestage Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prestage Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biscayne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biscayne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Naval Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paul Julius Close
Sep 2025Other theft Paul Julius Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Paul Julius Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paul Julius Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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