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Tower Hamlets 017D

Neighbourhood

West Tower Hamlets. 1,978 people in 0.1 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Tower Hamlets 017D is in decile 2.

Deprivation score
36.5
Joint 5,611th most deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Population
1,887
Joint 7,506th most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
82.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Tower Hamlets 017D compares

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

Tower Hamlets 017DMiddle
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 017D is 36.5.
36.560th 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 017D is 1,887.
1,88770th 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 017D is 82.9%.
82.9%joint 48th lowest
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 017D is 6.0%.
6.0%joint 61st lowest

Is Tower Hamlets 017D safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tower Hamlets 017D at a rate of 218.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 188.5 per 1,000 people across Whitechapel.

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

In August 2026 alone, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tower Hamlets 017D.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (104), violence and sexual offences (78) and other crime (64).

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 017D 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 017D in brief

Tower Hamlets 017D has a deprivation score of 36.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Tower Hamlets 017D had 1,887 usual residents at the census.

In Tower Hamlets 017D, 82.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Tower Hamlets 017D, 6.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.