Total Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

St Katharines Way area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 205th 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 St Katharines Way (E1W 1BE) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Katharines Way (E1W 1BE), 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 Nesham Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Katharines Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cartwright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mews Street
Sep 2025Other theft Mews Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Saint Anthony'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stockholm Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockholm Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Redmead Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hellings Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burr Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Maguire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft East Smithfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary East Smithfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Star Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crofts Street
Sep 2025Other theft Maguire Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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