Total Crime Rate
409.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Commercial Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Shadwell , and the 76th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (E1 2NB) in the last 12 months was 409.7 per 1,000 residents and was 222.7% higher than the Shadwell average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (β 132.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Commercial Road (E1 2NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anthony Street, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raven Row (86 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shadwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cannon Street Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunch Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dunch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Morris Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | James Voller Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | James Voller Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hainton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hainton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bigland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stepney Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Buross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hungerford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tarling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bigland Street | Under investigation |
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