Total Crime Rate

313.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

80.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 313.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 80.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.5 9/10
  • Other theft 32.2 10/10
  • Public order 24.1 10/10
  • Robbery 16.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 13.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Swedenborg Gardens area has the 7th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 131st highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Swedenborg Gardens (E1 8HP) in the last 12 months was 313.7 per 1,000 residents and was 92.8% higher than the St Katharine's & Wapping average (162.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 80.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swedenborg Gardens (E1 8HP), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Swedenborg Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/92)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Wellclose Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Christian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Burslem Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Umberston Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amazon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amazon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stutfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Burslem Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stutfield Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ellen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Philchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Burslem Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Burslem Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairclough Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rampart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Umberston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Walburgh Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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