Total Crime Rate
222.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wapping High Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 220th highest crime rate of 693 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 Wapping High Street (E1W 2NP) in the last 12 months was 222.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% higher than the St Katharine's & Wapping average (162.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wapping High Street (E1W 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brewhouse Lane, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Lane (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Katharine's & Wapping| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dundee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knighten Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wapping High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterman Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterman Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinegar Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vinegar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevedore Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dundee Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dundee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Codling Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reardon Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Bank | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watts Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watts Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watts Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Watts Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Watts Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Brewhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brewhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torrington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dundee Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Codling Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Grove | β |
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