Total Crime Rate

55.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

4.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 55.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 4.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Telfords Yard area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 98th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Telfords Yard (E1W 2BS) in the last 12 months was 55.8 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% lower 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 Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Telfords Yard (E1W 2BS), 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 Telfords Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/79)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flank Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Forbes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stutfield Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ellen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Philchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Philchurch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fletcher Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Forbes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forbes Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Christian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forbes Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boyd Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conant Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Mill Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stutfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Torrington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lilley Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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