Crime Rates at Wapping High Street, London, E1W 1NJ

Wapping High Street 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 Wapping High Street (E1W 1NJ) 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 Wapping High Street (E1W 1NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 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.