Total Crime Rate

37.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.9 4/10
  • Violent crimes 15.2 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Taeping Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 47th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Taeping Street (E14 9UN) in the last 12 months was 37.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% lower than the Canary Wharf average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Taeping Street (E14 9UN), the main crime hotspot is near Pepper Street. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Taeping Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Theft from the person Thermopylae Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheat Sheaf Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ambassador Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hesperus Crescent —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hesperus Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Thermopylae Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harbinger Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Undine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Undine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Undine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Undine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Macquarie Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wheat Sheaf Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Taeping Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harbinger Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Greenwich View Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pepper Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Pepper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pepper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pepper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pepper Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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