Limehouse East

Tower Hamlets · London · population 9,905 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,687 of 6,856 in England
  • #624 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,590
Median age (est.)32
Density19,686per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above54%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 14%25–44 47%45–64 18%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 42%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 30%Private rent 42%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 9%Other: 22%
One person 32%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 9%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary9%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 40%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 44%Asian 40%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 36% · No religion 26% · Christian 26%

Born outside the UK: 49%

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

Limehouse East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,687 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (63) and lowest on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £450,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 87 sales), 9% below the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £62,808 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 111 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 19 · #5,537
Employment 50 · #3,453
Education 63 · #2,548
Health 42 · #3,940
Crime 23 · #5,270
Housing & access 16 · #5,722
Living environment 26 · #5,084

House prices ?

£450,000median (12m) · -18.2% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£450,00087-18.2%-7.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£440,00083-15.4%-5.4%
This area£450,000
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)£62,808±£9,240 · #109 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,306
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

111 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,098 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #5,233 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences340
Theft253
Burglary99
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons102
Drugs102
Robbery40
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 449 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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