Bow West Area Guide | £538k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
13,716
Households
5,283
Crimes · Jun '26
High · 17.6 per 1k
5,283
Households
White Brit. · 40%
Ethnicity
No religion · 35%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
High · 17.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£538,143
Median property price
209
Postcodes
5,283
Households
White Brit. · 40%
Ethnicity
No religion · 35%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
High · 17.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£538,143
Median property price
209
Postcodes

Sold prices in Bow West

England & Wales
Property sales · Bow West
HM Land Registry · Bow West
Average price
£721,018
YoY: +3.0%
Median price: £527,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 4 sales · avg £701,562
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£928k£699k£470k
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jul '26
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

England & Wales
Crime trends · Bow West

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
64
YoY stable
705233
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
44
YoY +38%
734823
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
7
YoY —
19124
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
15
YoY —
19112
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
1680
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Shoplifting
32
YoY +68%
36215
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · shoplifting up sharply · asb rising

241
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Bow West

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Tower Hamlets.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Tower Hamlets

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Bow West

GPs make up most of the mapped places

72 GPs · 13 Museums · 12 Libraries · 107 in all

  • GPs72
  • Museums13
  • Libraries12
  • Universities6
  • Hospitals4

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Bow West

Coordinates51.5302, -0.0340
Postcodes
209
Population (Census)
13,716
Households (Census)
5,283
Recorded crime · Jun '26
High · 17.6 per 1k

Demographics in Bow West

Ethnicity

Total residents: 13,713
White Brit.39.6%
Bangladeshi27.4%
Other White11.0%
African3.2%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
+ 9 other groups · 16.5%

Religion

Total residents: 13,716
No religion35.3%
Muslim30.4%
Christian25.1%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 3.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 13,716
25–3425.8%
35–4921.9%
50–6413.7%
20–248.9%
≤46.3%
+ 5 other age groups · 23.3%

Households

Total households: 5,283
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%

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 3.81 (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 3.81 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Bow West