Total Crime Rate
107.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yabsley Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 264th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yabsley Street (E14 9SA) in the last 12 months was 107.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (106.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yabsley Street (E14 9SA), the main crime hotspot is near Aspen Way. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackwall & Cubitt Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ditchburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baffin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baffin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baffin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gaselee Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gaselee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ditchburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ditchburn Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ditchburn Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aspen Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ditchburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Lawrence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Lawrence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Biscayne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Biscayne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Biscayne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Biscayne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biscayne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Naval Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Naval Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paul Julius Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paul Julius Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul Julius Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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