Total Crime Rate
117.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severnake Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 297th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Severnake Close (E14 9WE) in the last 12 months was 117.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% lower than the Canary Wharf average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severnake Close (E14 9WE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Epping Close, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Island Gardens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charnwood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mast House Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mast House Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epping Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torres Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheat Sheaf Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheat Sheaf Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mellish Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Bellgate Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Bellgate Wharf | Under investigation |
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