Mile End East & Burdett Estate

Tower Hamlets · London · population 14,057 · 7 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,557 of 6,856 in England
  • #844 of 1,002 in London
  • #19 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,813
Median age (est.)30
Density17,095per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above47%
No car or van66%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 17%25–44 44%45–64 15%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 42%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 24%
One person 26%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 34%Asian: 48%Black: 9%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 34%Asian 48%Black 9%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 46% · No religion 26% · Christian 19%

Born outside the UK: 44%

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

Mile End East & Burdett Estate is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,557 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (56) and lowest on Income (8). Typical homes here sold for about £485,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 91 sales), in line with the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,607 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 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 8 · #6,305
Employment 32 · #4,632
Education 56 · #3,049
Health 27 · #5,002
Crime 25 · #5,167
Housing & access 11 · #6,126
Living environment 23 · #5,256

House prices ?

£485,000median (12m) · +6.6% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£485,00091+6.6%+16.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£867,50010+20.5%+39.9%
Flat£455,00080+3.6%+11.0%
This area£485,000
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)£52,607±£7,606 · #712 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,948
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,351 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #4,801 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences474
Theft308
Burglary69
Vehicle crime112
Criminal damage & arson92
Public order & weapons97
Drugs127
Robbery55
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 437 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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