Tower Hamlets

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Partly Cloudy

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

35US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bloomsbury, 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

2250 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour419
• Violence & sexual offences408
• Other theft374
• Theft from the person275

125 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Whitechapel · 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

• 415 rated 4–5 ★ (328 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Tower Gateway (0.3 km)
• 70 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 (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.8 km)

38 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Shell Recharge/Ubitricity (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres22
• Gyms43
• Sports pitches103
• Playgrounds80

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
• 1,010 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)

• Schools47
• GPs & clinics70
• Pharmacies19
• Supermarkets23
• Parks & greens270
• Restaurants & cafés1162

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Wind 28% · Imports 11% · Solar 9%

164 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

23 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in E1

• Mile End Hospital - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Albion Health Centre
• The Jubilee Street Practice Ltd

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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  Brown Bear, Whitechapel · 0.0 km

  The Brown Bear is a pub at 139 Leman Street, Whitechapel, London E1.

• Garrick Theatre (Leman St) · 0.1 km

  The Garrick Theatre, also known as Garrick's Subscription, was a small theatre located in Leman St, Whitechapel. The theatre opened in 1831, and closed in about 1881. The theatre was named for the actor, David Garr…

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  Leman Street railway station · 0.1 km

  Leman Street was a railway station in Whitechapel, East London. It was on London and Blackwall Railway (LBR) between Fenchurch Street and Shadwell stations. It was opened on 1 June 1877, serving the two local lines of…

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  Jack the Ripper Museum · 0.1 km

  The Jack the Ripper Museum is a museum and tourist attraction that opened in August 2015 in Cable Street, London. It recreates the East End of London setting in which the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders took place in…

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  Chamber Street · 0.1 km

  Chamber Street, once known as Chambers Street, is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London. It runs between Mansell Street in the west and Leman Street in the east, parallel with Prescot Street to the Nor…

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  Prescot Street · 0.1 km

  Prescot Street is a street in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs between Goodman's Yard and Mansell Street in the west and Leman Street in the east.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)