Tower Hamlets

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310,306 people · median £476,900

Good for schools

Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor) 33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 13.7 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.3 average across districts AcreRight covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

Per 1,000 / month13.7

Average across AcreRight-covered districts9.3

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences

8,679

Anti-social behaviour

8,293

Other theft

2,767

Shoplifting

2,491

Drugs

2,157

Public order

2,144

Recorded crimes by category across the whole district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Shopping Area	469
Supermarket	361
Parking Area	308
Canary Wharf	235
Further/Higher Educational Building	193

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk

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