Total Crime Rate

589.4 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 589.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 337.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Drugs 40.7 10/10
  • Other theft 32.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 24.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Robbery 20.3 10/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.2 10/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
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 2nd highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Stepney Green , and the 40th 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 2DD) in the last 12 months was 589.4 per 1,000 residents and was 563.1% higher than the Stepney Green average (88.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 89.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 140.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E1 2DD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 237 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/197)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Jane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tait Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawksmoor Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawksmoor Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Tait Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turner Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turner Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Turner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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