Total Crime Rate
186.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blue Anchor Yard area has the 12th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 255th 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 Blue Anchor Yard (E1 8LR) in the last 12 months was 186.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blue Anchor Yard (E1 8LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Katharine'S Way, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leman Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitechapel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fletcher Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forbes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forbes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forbes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conant Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Mill Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bowman Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tower Bridge Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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