Crime Rates at Commercial Street, London, E1 6LW

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 6LW) 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 6LW), 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.