Total Crime Rate

128.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 128.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 26.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.0 4/10
  • Public order 10.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 16th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 327th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Street (E1 6EB) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (E1 6EB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 273 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/199)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Artillery Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Spital Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Sandy'S Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sandy'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Norton Folgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Steward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Steward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Steward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Widegate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Artillery Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Widegate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Widegate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Widegate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Folgate Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Folgate Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Artillery Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Artillery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Artillery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Artillery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Artillery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Artillery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cobb Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandy'S Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strype Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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