Total Crime Rate
1424.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
225.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Katharines Way area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 9th 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 St Katharines Way (E1W 1AA) in the last 12 months was 1424.2 per 1,000 residents and was 775.5% 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 Other theft with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 225.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Katharines Way (E1W 1AA), 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 Tower Bridge Approach (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Katharine's & Wapping| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tower Bridge Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blue Anchor Yard | Under investigation |
| 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 | Burglary | Maguire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofts Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crofts Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | East Smithfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | East Smithfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartwright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Bridge Approach | 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 | Tower Bridge Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mews Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tower Bridge Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Bridge Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shorter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A1211 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mews Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mews Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burr Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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