Mile End West

Tower Hamlets · London · population 10,614 · 4 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,132 of 6,856 in England
  • #735 of 1,002 in London
  • #14 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,848
Median age (est.)27
Density19,513per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 27%25–44 36%45–64 14%65+ 4%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 43%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 21%
One person 27%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 37%Asian: 45%Black: 10%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 37%Asian 45%Black 10%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 41% · No religion 27% · Christian 20%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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 West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,132 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (45) and lowest on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £525,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 41 sales), 6% above the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,271 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 108 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 15 · #5,818
Employment 45 · #3,789
Education 39 · #4,166
Health 40 · #4,125
Crime 30 · #4,762
Housing & access 12 · #6,044
Living environment 21 · #5,393

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · +18.0% yr · n=41
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,00041+18.0%+11.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£731,2506-6.8%+11.8%
Flat£462,00035+10.4%+7.4%
This area£525,000
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)£54,271±£7,860 · #531 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,851
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

108 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,143 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #5,145 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences465
Theft312
Burglary61
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons92
Drugs44
Robbery38
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 219 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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