Tower Hill & Wapping South
Middle areaWest Tower Hamlets. 5,989 people in 0.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Tower Hill & Wapping South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Tower Hill & Wapping South
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tower Hill & Wapping South at a rate of 155.5 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 |
|---|---|
| Other crime | 223 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 178 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 157 |
| Theft from the person | 85 |
| Shoplifting | 75 |
| Burglary | 71 |
| Drug offences | 47 |
| Vehicle crime | 39 |
| Robbery | 30 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 26 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Tower Hill & Wapping South compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Tower Hill & Wapping South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tower Hill & Wapping South at a rate of 155.5 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, 89 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tower Hill & Wapping South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (223), anti-social behaviour (178) and violence and sexual offences (157).
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 Tower Hill & Wapping South alone. See Tower Hamlets
Tower Hill & Wapping South in brief
The median price paid for a home in Tower Hill & Wapping South was £594,000 in 2025.
Tower Hill & Wapping South had 5,815 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Tower Hill & Wapping South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Tower Hill & Wapping South, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.