Total Crime Rate

356.5 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 356.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 180.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Drugs 41.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.4 9/10
  • Other theft 15.7 9/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 1.7 1/10
  • 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 Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 100th highest 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 Street (E1 1LD) in the last 12 months was 356.5 per 1,000 residents and was 114.3% higher than the Whitechapel average (166.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (E1 1LD), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/217)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tyne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyne Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Burglary Ellen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Greenfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Fairclough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairclough Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairclough Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fairclough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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