Total Crime Rate

58.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 58.5 6/10
  • Violent crimes 14.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.8 5/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sampson Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 108th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sampson Street (E1W 1NA) in the last 12 months was 58.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sampson Street (E1W 1NA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sampson Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redmead Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Torrington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dundee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Dundee Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Dundee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dundee Street —
Apr 2026Public order Vinegar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vinegar Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knighten Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wapping High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery 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 Lilley Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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