Total Crime Rate

94.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 94.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 15.8 3/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vaughan Way area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 215th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vaughan Way (E1W 2PT) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vaughan Way (E1W 2PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Virginia Street, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vaughan Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thomas More Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wapping High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Other theft Torrington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Codling Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lilley Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vaughan Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knighten Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Breezer'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nesham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nesham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Virginia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nesham Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pennington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pennington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pennington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redmead Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pennington Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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