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Tower Hamlets

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 30–40%
Census 2021
310,306
Households
120,538
Crimes · Sep '26
4,152

Estimated population, mid-2025: 334,240 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

120,538
Households
Bangladeshi · 35%
Ethnicity
Muslim · 40%
Religion
Most deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
4,152
Crimes · Sep '26
£455,000
Median property price · Tower Hamlets · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 1,797 sales
£2,462
Average rent, September 2026
5,933
Postcodes

Sold prices in Tower Hamlets

England & Wales
Property sales · Tower Hamlets
HM Land Registry · Tower Hamlets
Average price
£527,087
Median price: £455,000
Median -12.5% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 1,797 sales
View district E14
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 49 sales · avg £499,064
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£582k£533k£485k
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 Tower Hamlets

England & Wales
Crime trends · Tower Hamlets

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
1,011
YoY +10%
1,178993808
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
851
YoY stable
1,301980658
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
198
YoY -15%
304231157
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
207
YoY -19%
275202129
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
15
YoY —

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

190962
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
1,214
YoY stable
1,3471,138928
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Bicycle Theft
116
YoY +30%
1339556
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Shoplifting
540
YoY +99%
558359160
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · shoplifting up sharply · violent crime rising

4,152
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Tower Hamlets

Ethnicity

Total residents: 310,306
Bangladeshi34.6%
White Brit.22.9%
Other White14.6%
African5.0%
Chinese3.3%
+ 14 other groups · 19.6%

Religion

Total residents: 310,306
Muslim39.9%
No religion26.6%
Christian22.3%
Not answered6.9%
Hindu2.0%
+ 4 other religions · 2.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 310,305
25–3427.5%
35–4922.5%
50–6410.7%
20–2410.3%
10–156.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 22.3%

Households

Total households: 120,538
One person: other27.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.3%
Other household types, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over13.1%
Cohabiting couple family: No children10.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.2%
+ 9 other households · 28.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Tower Hamlets

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 3.57 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.57 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Tower Hamlets

28% of postcodes (1660 of 5933) 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 31,660 (28%)
  • Zone 223 (0%)
  • Zone 14,250 (72%)

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

Transport in Tower Hamlets

Limehouse is a 6-minute walk from the centre

Rail · DLR · 500 m

  • Limehouse

    Rail · DLR

    500 m

  • Stepney Green

    Underground

    761 m

  • Mile End

    Underground

    973 m

  • Westferry

    DLR

    1.2 km

  • Shadwell

    Rail · DLR

    1.4 km

  • Canary Wharf Pier

    Ferry

    1.4 km

  • Bow Road

    Underground

    1.5 km

  • Whitechapel

    Rail · Underground

    1.5 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Rail, DLR, Underground, Ferry

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

Private rents in Tower Hamlets

Average rent, September 2026

£2,462/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£1,998
1 bed
£2,427
2 bed
£2,760
3 bed
£3,390
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

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.

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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Admission appeals in Tower Hamlets

Appeals lodged

274

Local authority × school phase. Not a figure for one school.

Primary
25 · 0.7% of admissions
Lodged
23 · 0.7% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

3,463 admissions

Infant
25 · 0.8% of admissions
Lodged
23 · 0.8% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

3,053 admissions

Secondary
249 · 6.1% of admissions
Lodged
216 · 5.3% of admissions
Heard
3 · 1.4% of those heard
Successful

4,060 admissions

EES admission appeals · Reporting year 2026 · as at 6 Aug 2026

Overview of Tower Hamlets

Coordinates51.5170, -0.0389
Postcodes
5,933
Census 2021
310,306

Estimated population, mid-2025: 334,240 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
120,538
Recorded crime · Sep '26
4,152

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