Total Crime Rate
137.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Marsh Wall area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 334th 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 Marsh Wall (E14 9SQ) in the last 12 months was 137.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marsh Wall (E14 9SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Canary Wharf. Police recorded 459 crimes here, including 92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandlers Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Canary Wharf | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Canary Wharf | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canary Wharf | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Canary Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Quays | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mastmaker Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Canary Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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