Total Crime Rate

121.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.0 8/10
  • Other theft 44.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 36.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 20th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 335th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Asher Way (E1W 2JY) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% lower 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 Other theft with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Mews Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockholm Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stockholm Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Asher Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Welland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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

Data Sources

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