Limehouse East
Middle areaCentral Tower Hamlets. 10,037 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Limehouse East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Limehouse East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Limehouse East at a rate of 163.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 479 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 373 |
| Other crime | 280 |
| Burglary | 114 |
| Shoplifting | 96 |
| Drug offences | 79 |
| Vehicle crime | 78 |
| Robbery | 51 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 45 |
| Theft from the person | 43 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Limehouse East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Limehouse East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Limehouse East at a rate of 163.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 166 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Limehouse East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (479), violence and sexual offences (373) and other crime (280).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets
These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Limehouse East alone. See Tower Hamlets
Limehouse East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Limehouse East was £450,000 in 2025.
Limehouse East had 9,590 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Limehouse East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Limehouse East, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.