Total Crime Rate

88.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 1.9 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 217th lowest crime rate of 710 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 Road (E14 7HS) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower than the Limehouse average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E14 7HS), the main crime hotspot is near Yorkshire Road. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/64)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Camdenhurst Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rolling Mills Mews —
Sep 2025Public order Basin Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norway Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salmon Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Salmon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Salmon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Narrow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Narrow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Narrow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norway Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newell Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Brightlingsea Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Northey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Repton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Repton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flamborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Limehouse Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shoulder Of Mutton Alley Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shoulder Of Mutton Alley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shoulder Of Mutton Alley Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Northey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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