Bow North & Fish Island

Tower Hamlets · London · population 11,531 · 6 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,366 of 6,856 in England
  • #794 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,264
Median age (est.)32
Density8,922per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above49%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 45%45–64 17%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 44%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 44%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 13%Other: 17%
One person 33%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 13%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors15%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 50%Asian: 31%Black: 10%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 50%Asian 31%Black 10%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 34% · Muslim 31% · Christian 26%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Bow North & Fish Island is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,366 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (42) and lowest on Income (12). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 102 sales), in line with the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,906 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 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 12 · #5,996
Employment 24 · #5,201
Education 42 · #3,940
Health 27 · #5,023
Crime 16 · #5,784
Housing & access 40 · #4,084
Living environment 28 · #4,961

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · +3.1% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,000102+3.1%+1.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£717,50010-10.3%+10.4%
Flat£475,10091-1.0%-1.0%
This area£500,000
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)£49,906±£7,129 · #1,084 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,980
Price-to-income ?10.0×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

109 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,259 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #5,189 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences388
Theft375
Burglary74
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons106
Drugs80
Robbery51
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 349 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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