Total Crime Rate

409.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 409.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 45.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 41.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 38.7 8/10
  • Other theft 35.5 10/10
  • Drugs 29.0 10/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Robbery 16.1 10/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· 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 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cannon Street Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turner Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunch Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dunch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Turner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Morris Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turner Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hainton Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Voller Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Voller Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hainton Close β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hainton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hainton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bigland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stepney Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidney Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidney Square β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Buross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hungerford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tarling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bigland Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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