Total Crime Rate

239.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 239.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 38.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 17.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.8 10/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Thomas 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.

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Crime Over Time in Thomas More Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinchin Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Katharine'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Katharine'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Forbes Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Forbes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Conant Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roding Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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