Total Crime Rate

1337.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1337.7 10/10
  • Other theft 411.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 411.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 95.2 10/10
  • Public order 64.9 10/10
  • Drugs 47.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 43.3 10/10
  • Burglary 43.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.3 10/10
  • Robbery 17.3 10/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Star Place area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 10th highest crime rate of 710 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 Star Place (E1W 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 1337.7 per 1,000 residents and was 772.5% 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 Other theft with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 212.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Star Place (E1W 1AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Katharine'S Way, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tower Bridge Approach (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Star Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Tower Bridge Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Saint Anthony'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ensign Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ensign Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ensign Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burr Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mews Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Stockholm Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mansell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mansell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mansell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockholm Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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