Total Crime Rate
63.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Anthonys Close 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 St Anthonys Close (E1W 1LT) 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 St Anthonys Close (E1W 1LT), 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 Supermarket (21 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartwright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burr Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mews Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mews Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mews Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmead Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Codling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Codling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torrington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Flank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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