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Bromley South

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North east Tower Hamlets. About 14,769 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 9% of people in Bromley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,962
1,053rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
9%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
8.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bromley South compares

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

Bromley SouthMiddle
Population20 wards, Tower Hamlets · 2021
Population: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 6,554 to 21,711. The middle area is 14,356. Bromley South is 13,962.
13,96210th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Tower Hamlets · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 0.0% to 29.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Bromley South is 9.0%.
9%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Tower Hamlets · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 65.4% to 94.0%. The middle area is 88.4%. Bromley South is 93.6%.
93.6%2nd highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Tower Hamlets · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 3.5% to 9.7%. The middle area is 7.5%. Bromley South is 8.7%.
8.7%3rd highest

Is Bromley South safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bromley South at a rate of 103.9 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, 133 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bromley South.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (411), anti-social behaviour (359) and other crime (188).

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 ward, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Bromley South 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
Deprivation score
30.6
34th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bromley South in brief

Bromley South had 13,962 usual residents at the census.

About 9% of people in Bromley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bromley South, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bromley South, 8.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.