Total Crime Rate

227.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

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 227.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 38.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.5 10/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Other theft 19.2 9/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 6th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 204th highest crime rate of 710 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 Road (E14 7LW) in the last 12 months was 227.7 per 1,000 residents and was 122.3% higher than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (β‰ˆ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (E14 7LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limehouse, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boulcott Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northey Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northey Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northey Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northey Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northey Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Northey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Limehouse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Repton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Yorkshire Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Yorkshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Yorkshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Northey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shoulder Of Mutton Alley Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shoulder Of Mutton Alley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shoulder Of Mutton Alley Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Limehouse Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Repton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northey Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boulcott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Ratcliffe Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ratcliffe Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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