Aldgate

Tower Hamlets · London · population 14,587 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,598 of 6,856 in England
  • #600 of 1,002 in London
  • #10 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,764
Median age (est.)28
Density23,408per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above56%
No car or van79%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 24%25–44 46%45–64 12%65+ 4%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 55%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 25%Private rent 55%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 7%Other: 26%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 7%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 38% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional38%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary7%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure4%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 35%Asian: 51%Black: 4%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 35%Asian 51%Black 4%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 42% · No religion 28% · Christian 17%

Born outside the UK: 57%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Aldgate is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,598 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (66) and lowest on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £550,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 59 sales), 11% above the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £59,436 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 115 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 21 · #5,420
Employment 61 · #2,658
Education 66 · #2,308
Health 46 · #3,693
Crime 35 · #4,481
Housing & access 12 · #6,003
Living environment 14 · #5,928

House prices ?

£550,000median (12m) · -6.0% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£550,00059-6.0%-6.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£550,00056+0.6%-3.7%
This area£550,000
Tower Hamlets£495,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£59,436±£8,675 · #211 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,522
Price-to-income ?9.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

115 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,680 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #5,341 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences484
Theft584
Burglary95
Vehicle crime76
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons167
Drugs121
Robbery61
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 639 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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