Crime Rates at East Smithfield, London, E1W 1AW

East Smithfield area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 312th lowest crime rate of 710 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 East Smithfield (E1W 1AW) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Smithfield (E1W 1AW), 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 Fletcher Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.