Total Crime Rate

610.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 610.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 135.3 10/10
  • Public order 59.4 10/10
  • Other theft 49.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 46.2 10/10
  • Burglary 36.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.0 7/10
  • Robbery 29.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.2 10/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 38th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (E1 0HY) in the last 12 months was 610.6 per 1,000 residents and was 421.6% higher than the Limehouse average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 227.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E1 0HY), 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/85)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitsea Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horseferry Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Bere Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pitsea Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lipton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bere Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bower Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Boulcott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boulcott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Boulcott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Boulcott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Horseferry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ratcliffe Cross Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chudleigh Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jardine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jardine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Church Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Church Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bere Street Under investigation
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 2025Burglary Warren Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ratcliffe Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromley Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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