Total Crime Rate

703.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

231.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 703.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 231.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 178.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 145.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 72.6 9/10
  • Other theft 62.7 10/10
  • Public order 49.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 46.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 39.6 10/10
  • Robbery 36.3 10/10
  • Drugs 26.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.9 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (E14 7JD) in the last 12 months was 703.0 per 1,000 residents and was 476.2% higher than the Limehouse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 46.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 231.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E14 7JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limehouse, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ratcliffe Lane (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/72)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Limehouse —
Apr 2026Other theft Ratcliffe Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft York Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Limehouse Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Limehouse —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Limehouse —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Limehouse —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Limehouse —
Apr 2026Other theft Ratcliffe Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Barnes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wakeling Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Wakeling Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wakeling Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Belgrave Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boulcott Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boulcott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Barnes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Branch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boulcott Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Salmon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Lighterman Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Belgrave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bromley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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