Total Crime Rate

394.7 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 394.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 105.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.4 9/10
  • Drugs 48.3 10/10
  • Other theft 35.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 35.1 10/10
  • Public order 30.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.3 10/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.2 6/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • 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 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 82nd 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 1NU) in the last 12 months was 394.7 per 1,000 residents and was 137.3% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 100.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E1 1NU), 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 Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/181)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Amazon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Batty Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Church Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Church Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Batty Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batty Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Amazon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gower'S Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Romford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinchin Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pinchin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinchin Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mount Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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