Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
6,555
Households
2,927
Crimes · Sep '26
64
2,927
Households
White Brit. · 30%
Ethnicity
No religion · 33%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
64
Crimes · Sep '26
£480,000
Median property price · Limehouse · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 65 sales
119
Postcodes

Sold prices in Limehouse

England & Wales
Property sales · Limehouse
HM Land Registry · Limehouse
Average price
£557,317
Median price: £480,000
Median -9.2% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 65 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 1 sale · avg £705,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£705k£554k£404k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '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 Limehouse

England & Wales
Crime trends · Limehouse

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 yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
18
YoY stable
21158
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
16
YoY -41%
412611
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
3
YoY —
840
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
7
YoY —
19101
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —

Metropolitan Police figures for this category are incomplete on police.uk from May 2026, so the change is not shown.

630
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
20
YoY -17%
332312
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

2 of 3 key categories improving

64
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Limehouse

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,550
White Brit.30.1%
Other White23.3%
Bangladeshi18.2%
Indian4.5%
African4.3%
+ 14 other groups · 19.6%

Religion

Total residents: 6,554
No religion32.7%
Christian31.2%
Muslim21.9%
Not answered8.4%
Hindu2.5%
+ 4 other religions · 3.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,556
25–3432.9%
35–4926.1%
50–6412.0%
20–248.6%
≤45.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 15.2%

Households

Total households: 2,927
One person: other30.5%
Other household types, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over14.8%
Cohabiting couple family: No children14.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.1%
+ 9 other households · 19.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Limehouse

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 4.67 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.67 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Limehouse

54% of postcodes (64 of 119) are in Flood Zone 3 and 0% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 364 (54%)
  • Zone 20 (0%)
  • Zone 155 (46%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Limehouse

Westferry is a 6-minute walk from the centre

DLR · 448 m

  • Westferry

    DLR

    448 m

Bus stops

  • Lowell Street

    Bus

    230 m
  • Limehouse Town Hall

    Bus

    235 m
  • Limehouse Police Station

    Bus

    375 m
  • Salter Street

    Bus

    434 m
  • Westferry Station

    Bus

    446 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · DLR, Bus

Amenities in Tower Hamlets

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

School applications

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Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Schools in Limehouse

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

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School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Overview of Limehouse

Coordinates51.5105, -0.0330
Postcodes
119
Census 2021
6,555
Households (Census)
2,927
Recorded crime · Sep '26
64

Postcode Districts in Limehouse

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