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Tower Hamlets

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About

Tower Hamlets sits in East London, stretching from Mile End and Bethnal Green eastward to the Isle of Dogs and Blackwall. The borough contains brick-built terraces, former docks and office clusters around Canary Wharf. Streets such as Brick Lane host Bangladeshi restaurants, record shops and a weekday market; nearby Spitalfields Market has stalls beneath a Victorian roof and regular craft and food events. Whitechapel Road runs past the Royal London Hospital and the Whitechapel Gallery, while Mile End Park provides a long green corridor following a series of former industrial sites.

Transport links include the Docklands Light Railway, the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines at Canary Wharf, and river services from Canary Wharf and Blackwall piers. Canals feed into the Thames at Limehouse Basin and the old timber jetties and docks remain visible around Poplar and Leamouth. Trinity Buoy Wharf sits on the river with a decommissioned lighthouse and workshops that host studios and engineering projects. Local institutions include Queen Mary University at Mile End and several community centres that run workshops and seasonal markets.

Area overview

On average Tower Hamlets has high deprivation and high crime levels, with around 113 crimes per 1,000 residents per year. Approximately 34.3% of homes in this area are social housing provided by a local council or housing association. The average income per household in Tower Hamlets is £73,026 per year. There are 129 schools in Tower Hamlets: 67 primary (21 Outstanding and 41 Good) and 17 secondary (2 Outstanding and 13 Good). On average most houses in area has good public transport connectivity. Tower Hamlets is home to around 310,306 people, with a population density of about 15,702.9 per km2.

Crime rate
8/10
Crimes per 1k residents
113
Deprivation level
7/10
Income level
5/10
Social housing
34.3%
Connectivity
7/10

Area Profile

Tower Hamlets Population
310,306
Population density
15,702.9 per km²

Crime

Crime per 1,000 population

Violence and sexual offences
38.12(+26%)
Anti-social behaviour
37.31(+40%)
Other theft
13.54(+16%)
Theft from the person
10.57(+1%)
Shoplifting
9.85(-3%)
London average

Demographics

Ethnic groups

Bangladeshi
107,333
34.59%
British
71,177
22.94%
Other White
45,187
14.56%
African
15,373
4.95%
Chinese
10,279
3.31%
Total population: 310,306

Economics

Education (age 16+)

Level 4+ (Degree)
127,299
50.34%
No qualifications
40,999
16.21%
Level 3 (A level)
33,343
13.19%
Level 2 (GCSEs 9-4)
21,433
8.48%
Level 1 (GCSEs 3-1)
17,155
6.78%
Total 16+ residents: 252,883

Housing

Housing tenure

Private landlord or letting agency
43,126
35.78%
Other social rented
26,540
22.02%
Owns with a mortgage
18,459
15.31%
Social rents from council
16,697
13.85%
Owns outright
9,424
7.82%
Total households: 120,539

Property prices in Tower Hamlets

Based on 2,106 recent sales, the median property price is £488,000 in Tower Hamlets area, with individual transactions ranging from £91,973 up to £3,459,765.

Price distribution per property type (last year)

Price distribution by property type for Tower Hamlets in the last year.

Median sale price and percentiles per property type (last year)

Median sale price, sales count, and percentile information for each property type in Tower Hamlets over the last year.
TypeSalesMedian
Detached2£1,365,000
Flats1,908£470,000
Semi-Detached7£886,000
Terraced189£832,500

10 years median price trend in Tower Hamlets

Ten year median sale price trend for each property type in Tower Hamlets.

All wards in Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green East

Bethnal Green West

Blackwall & Cubitt Town

Bow East

Bow West

Bromley North

Bromley South

Canary Wharf

Island Gardens

Lansbury

Limehouse

Mile End

Poplar

Shadwell

Spitalfields & Banglatown

St Dunstan's

Stepney Green

St Katharine's & Wapping

Weavers

Whitechapel

Data Sources

All data is sourced from official UK government agencies and public datasets. Last updated: 01/01/2026.