Total Crime Rate

239.3 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 239.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 38.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 17.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.8 10/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ensign Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 189th highest crime rate of 710 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 Ensign Street (E1 8JD) in the last 12 months was 239.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% higher than the St Katharine's & Wapping average (153.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ensign Street (E1 8JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leman Street, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gower'S Walk (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ensign Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinchin Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hooper Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street β€”
Sep 2025Other crime John Fisher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Flank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Flank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bowman Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hooper Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blue Anchor Yard β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hooper Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Hooper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hooper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dock Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dock Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dock Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Anchor Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Star Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mill Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cartwright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gower'S Walk Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gower'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gower'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yeoman'S Yard β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yeoman'S Yard β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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