Tower Hamlets

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Tower Hamlets - Blackwall, United Kingdom

1855 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences474
• Anti-social behaviour431
• Shoplifting255
• Other theft119

288 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St Dunstan's · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

901 reported road collisions (2024)

149 killed or seriously injured · 1,014 casualties · 29 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 379 rated 4–5 ★ (296 top)
• 31 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Limehouse (0.3 km)
• 69 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£456,898 average▼ 13.1% YoY

Across Tower Hamlets · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,439 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,981
• 2 bed £2,404
• 3 bed £2,733

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.4 km)

79 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Matlock Street (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres13
• Gyms14
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches157
• Playgrounds90

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

310,305 residents in Tower Hamlets · 15,703/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 76%
• 65+: 6%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 27 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£1,838 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 149,820)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

128 schools · 46,272 pupils

66 primary · 17 secondary · 45 other

Ofsted: 37 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

92inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tower Hamlets

237 CQC-registered services

• Care homes10
• GP practices58
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies76
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Tower Hamlets

• Not in the Green Belt
• 418 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

199 applications decided

88.4% granted · 176 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rushanara Ali

Labour

Bethnal Green and Stepney

Source: UK Parliament

Aspire majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 5
• Con 1
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Oth 33

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools51
• GPs & clinics27
• Pharmacies14
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens1320
• Restaurants & cafés249

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,530 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6,712 jobs advertised · £43,771 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Work when you want!, Gopuff Delivery Riders - Stratford, Gopuff Delivery Riders - Choose when you work!

Source: Adzuna

£997 median full-time weekly pay

6.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,568 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

75% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 189,104 certificates

6.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Imports 21% · Gas 13% · Nuclear 13%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.2 women · 59.5 men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday6.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

14 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in E14

• Gough Walk Practice
• The Limehouse Practice
• The Chrisp Street Hth Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bethnal Green and Stepney:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership540 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s279 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership218 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office138 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials126 local signatures · 9,621 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Queen's Head, Stepney · 0.2 km

  The Queen's Head is a pub at 8 Flamborough Street, Stepney, London E14. Known as "The Queen'S Head Limehouse", currently run by a group of locals who took over and opened in December 2023 and operate as a free house.

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  St Dunstan's, Stepney · 0.2 km

  St Dunstan's, Stepney, is an Anglican church located in Stepney High Street, Stepney, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The church is believed to have been founded, or re-founded, in AD 952 by St Dunstan, the pa…

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  Salmon Lane Lock · 0.3 km

  Salmon Lane Lock is a lock on the Regent's Canal, in Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. A new footbridge at the lock was completed in February 2005 connecting Parnham Street to Salmon Lane.

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  Stepney City Farm · 0.3 km

  Stepney City Farm is a city farm in Stepney, London, England. It is situated on Stepney Way with its entrance on the roundabout leading onto Stepney High Street and Belgrave Street towards Limehouse. The land is owned…

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  Stepney All Saints School · 0.3 km

  Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School is a Church of England voluntary aided school and sixth form located in Stepney, London, England. The last Ofsted report in October 2015 rated SJCR School as "Outs…

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  Commercial Road · 0.3 km

  Commercial Road is a street in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. It is 1.9 miles (3.1 km) long, running from Gardiner's Corner, through Stepney to the junction with Burdett Road in Limehou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)