Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 8/10 Β· 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 80.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 56.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Discovery Walk area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 180th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Discovery Walk (E1W 2JG) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (β‰ˆ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Discovery Walk (E1W 2JG), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 204 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Discovery Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pennington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Watts Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterman Way β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vinegar Street β€”
Apr 2026Public order Vinegar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stevedore Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dundee Street β€”
Apr 2026Burglary Dundee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Dundee Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dundee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Reardon Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Green Bank β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watts Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watts Street β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watts Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watts Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Street β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cinnamon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Wine Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Wine Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Wine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wine Close β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hilliard'S Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Agatha Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Prusom Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wapping Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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