Total Crime Rate

63.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.2 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 63.5 6/10
  • Violent crimes 22.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Thomas More Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 129th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thomas More Street (E1W 1AR) in the last 12 months was 63.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thomas More Street (E1W 1AR), 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 Fletcher Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thomas More Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cartwright Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft 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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
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 2026Violence and sexual offences St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conant Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burr Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mews Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mews Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redmead Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fletcher Street
Apr 2026Other theft Mews Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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