Total Crime Rate

109.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 109.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 22.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Swan Passage area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 273rd lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Swan Passage (E1 8LT) in the last 12 months was 109.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 21 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 Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swan Passage (E1 8LT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Swan Passage area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mansell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fletcher Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conant Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Mill Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bowman Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Bowman Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burr Close —
Apr 2026Other theft East Tenter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft West Tenter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tower Bridge Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Bridge Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Goodman'S Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Goodman'S Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodman'S Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shorter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portsoken Street —
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Data Sources

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