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Canary Wharf

Ward

South east Tower Hamlets. About 20,141 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Canary Wharf live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
17,972
317th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Canary Wharf compares

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

Canary WharfMiddle
Population20 wards, Tower Hamlets · 2021
Population: every ward in Tower Hamlets20 areas from 6,554 to 21,711. The middle area is 14,356. Canary Wharf is 17,972.
17,9728th most 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%. Canary Wharf is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. Canary Wharf is 91.2%.
91.2%5th 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%. Canary Wharf is 4.4%.
4.4%3rd lowest

Is Canary Wharf safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Canary Wharf at a rate of 187.6 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, 323 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Canary Wharf.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (959), anti-social behaviour (822) and other crime (687).

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 Canary Wharf 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
Canary Wharf in brief

Canary Wharf had 17,972 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Canary Wharf live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Canary Wharf, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Canary Wharf, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.