Total Crime Rate

309.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 309.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 156.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 52.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 43.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.7 9/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 135th highest crime rate of 693 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 309.6 per 1,000 residents and was 96.5% higher than the Whitechapel average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -69.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (E1 1LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumbers Row, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/189)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Manningtree Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Aldgate East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldgate East Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Aldgate East Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Coke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mulberry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Adler Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Adler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Adler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Adler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Adler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Adler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Goodman'S Stile Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Goodman'S Stile Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Assam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Assam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aldgate East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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