Total Crime Rate

319.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 319.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.1 9/10
  • Burglary 39.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.6 10/10
  • Drugs 26.1 10/10
  • Public order 26.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 26.1 10/10
  • Other theft 22.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 5th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 124th highest crime rate of 710 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 7LF) in the last 12 months was 319.2 per 1,000 residents and was 172.7% higher than the Limehouse average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 104.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E14 7LF), the main crime hotspot is near Limehouse. Police recorded 87 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 (30/75)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yorkshire Road 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 Brightlingsea Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Brightlingsea Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horseferry Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Horseferry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Horseferry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Ropemaker'S Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Yorkshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Yorkshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Basin Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rolling Mills Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastfield Street —
Sep 2025Public order Narrow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Limehouse Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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