Crime Rates at Commercial Street, London, E1 6BD

Commercial Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 97th 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 Street (E1 6BD) in the last 12 months was 372.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (E1 6BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 238 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Somerset Street (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.