Total Crime Rate

324.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 324.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 141.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Burglary 38.2 10/10
  • Other theft 26.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 19.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackbird Yard area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 118th highest crime rate of 710 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 Blackbird Yard (E2 7RP) in the last 12 months was 324.4 per 1,000 residents and was 105.1% higher than the Weavers average (158.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackbird Yard (E2 7RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Columbia Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Turin Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Blackbird Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Thurtle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ezra Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ezra Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ezra Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baxendale Street
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yorkton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tomlinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillet Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close
Sep 2025Other theft Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pelter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Satchwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Satchwell Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Satchwell Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horatio Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horatio Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baroness Road

Data Sources

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