Total Crime Rate
239.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thomas More Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 189th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thomas More Street (E1W 1YZ) in the last 12 months was 239.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thomas More Street (E1W 1YZ), 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 Fletcher Street (32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinchin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Katharine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Katharine'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burr Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burr Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forbes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forbes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conant Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roding Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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