Blackwall

Tower Hamlets · London · population 8,692 · 4 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,289 of 6,856 in England
  • #530 of 1,002 in London
  • #8 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,462
Median age (est.)30
Density10,703per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above63%
No car or van71%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 14%25–44 53%45–64 13%65+ 3%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 48%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 25%Private rent 48%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 34%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 38% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional38%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors17%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 35%Asian: 46%Black: 8%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 35%Asian 46%Black 8%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 32% · No religion 28% · Christian 23%

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

Blackwall is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,289 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (76) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £597,500 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 92 sales), 21% above the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £66,529 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 102 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 20 · #5,489
Employment 59 · #2,829
Education 76 · #1,636
Health 40 · #4,111
Crime 44 · #3,816
Housing & access 27 · #5,023
Living environment 14 · #5,887

House prices ?

£597,500median (12m) · -12.1% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£597,50092-12.1%-2.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Flat£597,50092-12.1%-2.2%
This area£597,500
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)£66,529±£9,654 · #46 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,188
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

102 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 891 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #5,016 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences248
Theft216
Burglary47
Vehicle crime118
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons78
Drugs84
Robbery27
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 261 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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