Total Crime Rate

303.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.4 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 303.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 98.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 68.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.8 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Robbery 8.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ensign Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 138th 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 Ensign Street (E1 8JD) in the last 12 months was 303.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ensign Street (E1 8JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Virginia Street, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gower'S Walk (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ensign Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/79)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Forbes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Philchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Philchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairclough Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairclough Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fletcher Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Forbes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forbes Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stutfield Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forbes Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boyd Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conant Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Back Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Back Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Church Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Church Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ellen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Church Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Goodman'S Stile Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Goodman'S Stile Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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