Total Crime Rate

20.8 per 1,000 2/10 Β· Very Low

All offences Β· 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 20.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 23rd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (E14 7LG) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (β‰ˆ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Commercial Road (E14 7LG), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northey Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dalgleish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dalgleish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Camdenhurst Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaw Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastfield Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Yorkshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Salmon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Repton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Repton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limehouse β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salmon Lane β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Salmon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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