Total Crime Rate

270.2 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 270.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 108.9 9/10
  • Burglary 28.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Other theft 24.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 20.2 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Vaughan Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 161st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vaughan Way (E1W 2AG) in the last 12 months was 270.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% 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 Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 202.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vaughan Way (E1W 2AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 104 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 Vaughan Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinchin Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Redmead Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockholm Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stockholm Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Saint Anthony'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mews Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mews Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burr Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Swedenborg Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Swedenborg Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Swedenborg Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swedenborg Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swedenborg Gardens —
Sep 2025Other theft Pennington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fowey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Forbes Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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