Total Crime Rate
103.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Commercial Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 269th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (E1 0HQ) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% higher than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Commercial Road (E1 0HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clearbrook Way, where police recorded 82 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardinge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Schoolhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stepney Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seagrave Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Schoolhouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Schoolhouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodlove Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodlove Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodlove Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avis Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brodlove Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brodlove Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elf Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Senrab Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avis Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avis Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exmouth Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Exmouth Street | Under investigation |
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