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Tower Hamlets 021A

Neighbourhood

West Tower Hamlets. 2,579 people in 0.1 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Tower Hamlets 021A is in decile 2.

Deprivation score
35.9
Joint 5,817th most deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Population
2,506
Joint 986th most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Tower Hamlets 021A compares

Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.

Tower Hamlets 021AMiddle
Deprivation scoreEngland only169 neighbourhoods, Tower Hamlets · 2025
Deprivation score: every neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets169 areas from 5.5 to 52.7. The middle area is 31.2. Tower Hamlets 021A is 35.9.
35.9joint 62nd most deprived
Population169 neighbourhoods, Tower Hamlets · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets169 areas from 1,002 to 4,279. The middle area is 1,769. Tower Hamlets 021A is 2,506.
2,506joint 14th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage169 neighbourhoods, Tower Hamlets · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets169 areas from 36.3% to 100.0%. The middle area is 90.2%. Tower Hamlets 021A is 93.5%.
93.5%59th highest
Claimant rate169 neighbourhoods, Tower Hamlets · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets169 areas from 0.3% to 13.1%. The middle area is 7.0%. Tower Hamlets 021A is 7.3%.
7.3%joint 75th highest

Is Tower Hamlets 021A safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tower Hamlets 021A at a rate of 79.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 149.7 per 1,000 people across Aldgate.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 17 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tower Hamlets 021A.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (109), violence and sexual offences (36) and other crime (28).

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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Tower Hamlets 021A alone. See Tower Hamlets

Average house price
£447,796
Down 14.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,000
9th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
334,240
Down 0.6% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Tower Hamlets 021A in brief

Tower Hamlets 021A has a deprivation score of 35.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Tower Hamlets 021A had 2,506 usual residents at the census.

In Tower Hamlets 021A, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Tower Hamlets 021A, 7.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.