Limehouse North & Stepney East
Middle areaCentral Tower Hamlets. 11,714 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Limehouse North & Stepney East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Limehouse North & Stepney East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Limehouse North & Stepney East at a rate of 100.2 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 |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 324 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 297 |
| Other crime | 204 |
| Burglary | 74 |
| Drug offences | 72 |
| Vehicle crime | 61 |
| Shoplifting | 39 |
| Theft from the person | 38 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 33 |
| Robbery | 32 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Limehouse North & Stepney East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Limehouse North & Stepney East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Limehouse North & Stepney East at a rate of 100.2 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, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Limehouse North & Stepney East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (324), anti-social behaviour (297) and other crime (204).
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 North & Stepney East alone. See Tower Hamlets
Limehouse North & Stepney East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Limehouse North & Stepney East was £447,000 in 2025.
Limehouse North & Stepney East had 11,501 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Limehouse North & Stepney East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Limehouse North & Stepney East, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.