Total Crime Rate
324.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackbird 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Thurtle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ezra Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ezra Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ezra Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxendale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Yorkton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pelter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baroness Road | — |
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