Total Crime Rate

228.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 228.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.6 10/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.6 6/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Street area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 213th highest crime rate of 693 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 228.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 90.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (E1 6DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Somerset Street, where police recorded 182 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plough Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Clare Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft White'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Little Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brune Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brune Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close
Apr 2026Shoplifting Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brune Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B134
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chicksand Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Braham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Braham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Braham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft B134 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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