Total Crime Rate

532.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 532.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 375.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 60.5 8/10
  • Burglary 24.2 10/10
  • Public order 24.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Other theft 20.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.1 10/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Other 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

Gauging Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 49th highest crime rate of 693 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 Gauging Square (E1W 2AE) in the last 12 months was 532.3 per 1,000 residents and was 227.2% higher 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 Shoplifting with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 312.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gauging Square (E1W 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Virginia Street, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gauging Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/64)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blue Anchor Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mews Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fletcher Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Philchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Philchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ellen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stutfield Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stutfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mews Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mews Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redmead Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Forbes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime 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
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
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Data Sources

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