5,283
Households
White Brit. · 40%
Ethnicity
No religion · 35%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
281 · 20.5 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£538,667
Median property price
209
Postcodes
Overview of Bow West
Coordinates51.5302, -0.0340
Postcodes
209
Population (Census)
13,716
Households (Census)
5,283
Recorded crime · May '26
281 · 20.5 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Bow West
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.72 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.72 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Bow West
Property sales · Bow West
HM Land Registry · Bow West
Average price
£689,706
YoY: -2.3%
Median price: £531,167
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 4 sales · avg £480,578
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£928k£704k£481k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Bow West
Crime trends · Bow West
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
705233
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
65
YoY +27%
ASB
734823
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
67
YoY +49%
Vehicle Crime
19124
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
17
YoY +42%
Burglary
19112
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
11
YoY +38%
Criminal damage
1680
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Other Theft
27165
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
24
YoY +85%
Demographics in Bow West
Ethnicity
White Brit.39.6%
Bangladeshi27.4%
Other White11.0%
African3.2%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
+ 9 other groups · 16.5%
Religion
No religion35.3%
Muslim30.4%
Christian25.1%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 3.2%
Age groups
25–3425.8%
35–4921.9%
50–6413.7%
20–248.9%
≤46.3%
+ 5 other age groups · 23.3%
Households
Other21.2%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over16.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.3%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.6%
Any member 66+7.7%
+ 8 other households · 32.0%
Schools in Bow West
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Phoenix School
Tower Hamlets · E3 2AD
Outstanding
0.4 mi
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 3–19
Central Foundation Girls' School
Tower Hamlets · E3 2AE
Good
0.3 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateGirls · Ages 11–19
Chisenhale Primary School
Tower Hamlets · E3 5QY
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Malmesbury Primary School
Tower Hamlets · E3 2AB
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Olga Primary School
Tower Hamlets · E3 5DN
Good
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Bow West
Postcodes in Bow West
E1 8PQE3 2ABE3 2ADE3 2AEE3 2AFE3 2AGE3 2AHE3 2AJE3 2ANE3 2AQE3 2ARE3 2ASE3 2ATE3 2AUE3 2AXE3 2AYE3 2AZE3 2BAE3 2BBE3 2BDE3 2BEE3 2BGE3 2BHE3 2BJE3 2BLE3 2BNE3 2BPE3 2BQE3 2BYE3 2BZE3 2DAE3 2DBE3 2DGE3 2DPE3 2DQE3 2DRE3 2DTE3 2DWE3 2EBE3 2EEE3 2EHE3 2EJE3 2GGE3 2GHE3 2GJE3 2GLE3 2HLE3 2JSE3 2SAE3 2WDE3 4PAE3 4PBE3 4PEE3 4QSE3 4QUE3 4QYE3 4RBE3 5AAE3 5ABE3 5ADE3 5AEE3 5AFE3 5AGE3 5AHE3 5AJE3 5ALE3 5ANE3 5APE3 5AQE3 5ARE3 5ASE3 5ATE3 5AUE3 5AWE3 5AXE3 5AYE3 5AZE3 5BDE3 5BEE3 5BHE3 5BJE3 5BNE3 5BPE3 5BQE3 5BSE3 5BTE3 5BUE3 5BWE3 5BXE3 5BYE3 5BZE3 5DAE3 5DBE3 5DDE3 5DEE3 5DFE3 5DJE3 5DNE3 5DPE3 5DQE3 5DRE3 5DSE3 5DTE3 5DUE3 5DWE3 5DXE3 5DYE3 5DZE3 5EAE3 5EBE3 5EEE3 5EFE3 5EGE3 5EJE3 5ENE3 5EPE3 5FAE3 5FGE3 5GBE3 5GF