Crime Statistics for Blackwall, London, Tower Hamlets, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackwall in October 2024. There were a total of 933 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	244
Anti Social Behaviour	198
Other Theft	93
Vehicle Crime	63
Shoplifting	54
Public Order	53
Drugs	52
Burglary	46
Theft From The Person	42
Criminal Damage Arson	37
Robbery	21
Other Crime	13
Bicycle Theft	12
Possession Of Weapons	5
All Crime	933

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Poplar (0.62 miles)	1424
Bromley (1.39 miles)	1359
South Bromley (0.62 miles)	1276
Evelyn (1.51 miles)	1053
Isle of Dogs (1.39 miles)	1047
Bow Common (0.88 miles)	1040
Millwall (0.88 miles)	972
Cubitt Town (0.62 miles)	934
Blackwall	933
Canning Town (1.39 miles)	808

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bromley	449
Bow Common	405
Poplar	380
Canning Town	325
South Bromley	280
Evelyn	249
Blackwall	244
Isle of Dogs	233
Cubitt Town	220
Millwall	209

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Peninsula	84
2	Mile End	83
3	Lansbury	81
4	Bromley South	80
5	Limehouse	77
6	Poplar	70
7	Surrey Docks	65
8	Royal Docks	50
9	Blackwall & Cubitt Town	36
10	Island Gardens	34
11	Canary Wharf	28

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 River Barge Close.