Total Crime Rate

577.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 577.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 300.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 93.5 9/10
  • Drugs 61.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.5 10/10
  • Burglary 28.5 10/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.3 10/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Robbery 16.3 10/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 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 Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 14 local areas in Stepney Green , and the 46th highest crime rate of 693 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 2BT) in the last 12 months was 577.2 per 1,000 residents and was 564.8% higher than the Stepney Green average (86.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E1 2BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Mount Street, where police recorded 164 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raven Row (90 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/135)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person East Mount Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Deancross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sidney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sidney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sidney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tarling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Deancross Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Deancross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bromehead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sidney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bromehead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bromehead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bromehead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Commercial Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Raven Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sidney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Sidney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dunch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hungerford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hungerford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Timberland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Timberland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Hainton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dunch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunch Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Sidney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Morris Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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