Total Crime Rate

709.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

179.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 709.0 10/10
  • Other theft 275.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 179.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 126.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 102.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.4 10/10
  • Drugs 34.1 10/10
  • Robbery 31.0 10/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Pennington Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 31st 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 Pennington Street (E1W 2BB) in the last 12 months was 709.0 per 1,000 residents and was 335.8% 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 Other theft with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 179.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pennington Street (E1W 2BB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pennington Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/70)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Breezer'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cannon Street Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chapman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bigland Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Walburgh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tait Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tait Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cannon Street Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sovereign Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sovereign Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chapman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Angel Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Watts Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wapping Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watts Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watts Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watts Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watts Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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