Leamouth

Tower Hamlets · London · population 6,686 · 4 LSOAs

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

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,562 of 6,856 in England
  • #268 of 1,002 in London
  • #3 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,891
Median age (est.)30
Density15,118per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above70%
No car or van77%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 17%25–44 62%45–64 9%65+ 1%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 64%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 13%Private rent 64%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 30%Couple with children: 9%Lone parent: 4%Other: 17%
One person 40%Couple, no children 30%Couple with children 9%Lone parent 4%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 42% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional42%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors18%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary3%
Skilled trades3%
Caring & leisure2%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 43%Asian: 41%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 43%Asian 41%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 34% · Christian 25% · Muslim 23%

Born outside the UK: 63%

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

Leamouth is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,562 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (96) but weak on Living environment (31). Typical homes here sold for about £440,500 over the past year, down 16% across five years (from 128 sales), 11% below the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £76,861 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 68 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,741
Employment 96 · #286
Education 78 · #1,499
Health 57 · #2,932
Crime 52 · #3,268
Housing & access 41 · #4,043
Living environment 31 · #4,742

House prices ?

£440,500median (12m) · -9.9% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,500128-9.9%-16.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Flat£438,750126-7.0%-16.4%
This area£440,500
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)£76,861±£12,650 · #10 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,240
Price-to-income ?5.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 455 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #3,406 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences134
Theft68
Burglary19
Vehicle crime113
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons32
Drugs54
Robbery6
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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