Total Crime Rate

119.1 per 1,000 8/10 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 119.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 6th highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Shadwell , and the 330th 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 0LQ) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% lower than the Shadwell average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (β‰ˆ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E1 0LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clearbrook Way, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brodlove Lane (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Johnson Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodlove Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stepney Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glamis Place β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Glamis Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Schoolhouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Schoolhouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Schoolhouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodlove Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glasshouse Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodlove Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brodlove Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Brodlove Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brodlove Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glamis Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elf Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ewhurst Close β€”
Sep 2025Public order Glasshouse Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martineau Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summercourt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jamaica Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Commercial Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Seagrave Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Steel'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Jamaica Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Exmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellesley Street β€”

Data Sources

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