Total Crime Rate

86.9 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Commercial Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 210th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (E1 0HJ) in the last 12 months was 86.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% lower than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E1 0HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limehouse, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs York Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Schoolhouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belgrave Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Limehouse Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matlock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flamborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Spert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Schoolhouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Schoolhouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bower Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Warren Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitsea Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pitsea Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lipton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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