Total Crime Rate

160.3 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 160.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.3 10/10
  • Other theft 22.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Drugs 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Farthing Fields area has the 16th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 300th highest crime rate of 710 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 Farthing Fields (E1W 3QG) in the last 12 months was 160.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farthing Fields (E1W 3QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brewhouse Lane, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wapping Lane (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Farthing Fields area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterman Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clegg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raine Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raine Street β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Raine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridewell Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farthing Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Farthing Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Farthing Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penang Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dellow Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Dellow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dellow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clegg Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clegg Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clegg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prusom Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raine Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prusom Street β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cinnamon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lowood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Agatha Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wapping β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Solander Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Solander Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Solander Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Solander Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Solander Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rum Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Garnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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