Tower Hamlets

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Trafalgar Road (Hoskins St), United Kingdom

• 9.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 7.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1857 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences443
• Anti-social behaviour425
• Shoplifting295
• Other theft127

1 stop & searches · mostly firearms

Neighbourhood team: St Dunstan's · Metropolitan

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

949 reported road collisions (2025)

154 killed or seriously injured · 1,079 casualties · 30.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 365 rated 4–5 ★ (289 top)
• 36 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

£447,950 average▼ 13.3% YoY

Across Tower Hamlets · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,453 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,992
• 2 bed £2,418
• 3 bed £2,750

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,305 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

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

38 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK37,753
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK44,653
• Net moves−6,900

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 20 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

238 CQC-registered services

• Care homes10
• GP practices60
• Dentists63
• Homecare agencies74
• 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)

246 applications decided

85.4% granted · 210 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

20,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4,611 jobs advertised · £46,336 avg

e.g. Transaction Monitoring Change Delivery Manager, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders, Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile

Source: Adzuna

£997 median full-time weekly pay

6.8% 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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 5%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high 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:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks211 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND195 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements154 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials126 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after105 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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)