Total Crime Rate

34.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very 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 34.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 7.0 2/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Milk Yard area has the lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Katharine's & Wapping , and the 40th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Milk Yard (E1W 3TA) in the last 12 months was 34.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% 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 Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milk Yard (E1W 3TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sovereign Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wapping Lane (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Milk Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cinnamon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Cable Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wapping Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raine Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Prusom Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Agatha Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shadwell Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hilliard'S Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wine Close —
Apr 2026Drugs Wine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wine Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Wine Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monza Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Wapping Wall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Monza Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shadwell Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wapping Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shadwell Pierhead —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milk Yard —
Apr 2026Other theft Glamis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sovereign Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lowood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lowood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lowood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Solander Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Solander Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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