Total Crime Rate
133.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ironmongers Place area has the 14th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Canary Wharf , and the 339th 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 Ironmongers Place (E14 9YD) in the last 12 months was 133.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% lower than the Canary Wharf average (174.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ironmongers Place (E14 9YD), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbinger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | 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 | Vehicle crime | Ambassador Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hesperus Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesperus Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taeping Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torres Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epping Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Crews Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crews Street | Under investigation |
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