Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe

Tower Hamlets · London · population 8,686 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,516 of 6,856 in England
  • #834 of 1,002 in London
  • #18 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,617
Median age (est.)32
Density16,554per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above52%
No car or van63%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 31%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 20%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 48%Black: 6%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 36%Asian 48%Black 6%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Muslim 45% · No religion 24% · Christian 21%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Shadwell Basin & Ratcliffe is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,516 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (55) and lowest on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £506,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 65 sales), in line with the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £57,245 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 99 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 · #6,044
Employment 34 · #4,502
Education 55 · #3,076
Health 32 · #4,680
Crime 23 · #5,304
Housing & access 8 · #6,284
Living environment 18 · #5,653

House prices ?

£506,000median (12m) · +10.6% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£506,00065+10.6%-0.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Flat£506,00063+10.6%+1.4%
This area£506,000
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)£57,245±£8,266 · #315 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,051
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 858 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #4,891 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences263
Theft190
Burglary65
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons77
Drugs135
Robbery24
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 275 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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