Total Crime Rate

493.9 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 493.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 151.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.2 9/10
  • Public order 57.1 10/10
  • Burglary 36.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 32.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.6 10/10
  • Drugs 24.5 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Robbery 24.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Asher Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 55th 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 Asher Way (E1W 2JB) in the last 12 months was 493.9 per 1,000 residents and was 222.1% 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 Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 146.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Asher Way (E1W 2JB), 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 Asher Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/104)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinchin Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Betts 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 2025Burglary Burr Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Betts Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Betts Street —
Sep 2025Public order Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Swedenborg Gardens 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 2025Public order Nesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Conant Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mace Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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