Crime Statistics for Blackwall, London, Tower Hamlets, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackwall in September 2024. There were a total of 1932 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackwall, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime480
Anti Social Behaviour438
Other Theft156
Vehicle Crime152
Theft From The Person114
Drugs112
Shoplifting102
Criminal Damage Arson94
Public Order90
Burglary86
Robbery58
Bicycle Theft18
Other Crime16
Possession Of Weapons16
All Crime1932

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackwall. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Blackwall

We've taken the ten nearest places to Blackwall and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Blackwall has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Bromley (1.39 miles)2449
Blackwall1833
Millwall (0.88 miles)1673
South Bromley (0.62 miles)1325
Canning Town (1.39 miles)1216
Evelyn (1.51 miles)1039
Isle of Dogs (1.39 miles)1006
Cubitt Town (0.62 miles)964
Bow Common (0.88 miles)960
Poplar (0.62 miles)932

56.69%
of Blackwall & Cubitt Town residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Blackwall?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Blackwall and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Bromley697
Bow Common486
Blackwall480
Poplar409
Canning Town391
Millwall376
South Bromley321
Evelyn233
Isle of Dogs220
Cubitt Town208

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blackwall?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Blackwall to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Blackwall compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackwall and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blackwall is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Peninsula84
2Mile End83
3Lansbury81
4Bromley South80
5Limehouse77
6Poplar70
7Surrey Docks65
8Royal Docks50
9Blackwall & Cubitt Town36
10Island Gardens34
11Canary Wharf28

Which road in Blackwall has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Blackwall with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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