Crime Rates at Royal Mint Street, London, E1 8LG

Royal Mint Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 310th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Royal Mint Street (E1 8LG) in the last 12 months was 154.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Mint Street (E1 8LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Somerset Street, where police recorded 133 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.