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St Katharine's & Wapping

Ward

South west Tower Hamlets. About 12,645 people in 1.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in St Katharine's & Wapping live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,960
1,615th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Katharine's & Wapping compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St Katharine's & WappingMiddle
Population20 wards, Tower Hamlets · 2021
Population: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 6,554 to 21,711. The middle area is 14,356. St Katharine's & Wapping is 11,960.
11,9604th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Tower Hamlets · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 0.0% to 29.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. St Katharine's & Wapping is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Tower Hamlets · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 65.4% to 94.0%. The middle area is 88.4%. St Katharine's & Wapping is 90.6%.
90.6%8th highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Tower Hamlets · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 3.5% to 9.7%. The middle area is 7.5%. St Katharine's & Wapping is 3.5%.
3.5%lowest

Is St Katharine's & Wapping safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Katharine's & Wapping at a rate of 147.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 168 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Katharine's & Wapping.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (408), anti-social behaviour (330) and violence and sexual offences (293).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets

These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not St Katharine's & Wapping alone. See Tower Hamlets

Average house price
£447,796
Down 14.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,000
9th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.6
34th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Katharine's & Wapping in brief

St Katharine's & Wapping had 11,960 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in St Katharine's & Wapping live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Katharine's & Wapping, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Katharine's & Wapping, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.