Total Crime Rate

172.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 172.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.5 10/10
  • Burglary 41.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • 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
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

Kennet Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 276th 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 Kennet Street (E1W 2JJ) in the last 12 months was 172.8 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kennet Street (E1W 2JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 328 crimes here, including 115 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kennet Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/92)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roding Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lime Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lily Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hellings Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Asher Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
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 2025Shoplifting Lilley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wapping High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Reardon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary President Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stevedore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stevedore Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterman Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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