Total Crime Rate
230.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Commercial Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 202nd 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 Street (E1 6DJ) in the last 12 months was 230.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Commercial Street (E1 6DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Little Somerset Street. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Toynbee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aldgate East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lolesworth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lolesworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buckle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buckle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Braham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aldgate East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
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