Total Crime Rate

35.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 35.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Miah Terrace area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 710 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 Miah Terrace (E1W 1NY) in the last 12 months was 35.1 per 1,000 residents and was 77.1% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Miah Terrace (E1W 1NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Virginia Street, where police recorded 67 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 Miah Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lime Close Under investigation
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 2025Theft from the person Chambers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hellings Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lily Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roding Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Asher Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knighten Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pier Head Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fowey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Fowey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fowey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lilley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mews Street
Sep 2025Public order Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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