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312 recorded sales · median £235,000 · Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor) 33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026
House prices & valuation in Tower Hamlets
64/100
Mixed
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£235k
median price
14.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£235k
median sold price
7.5 yrs
of local pay to buy
5 min
London — fastest
28
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
128
schools total
14.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
1,121
ASB — most
24.3
NO₂ · WHO 10
28.4%
in a flood zone
1,853
green spaces
9.3
PM2.5 · WHO 5
1,362
eat & drink
320
shops
73.4%
gigabit
111
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£650,000 in 2013 → £992,500 in 2026
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Tower Hamlets, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-08
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £235,000. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.
Sold price history
2026 YTD · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 312 sales£235,000
Full history since 1997
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.5× · five-year average 9.1×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Tower Hamlets23.7%
Of the homes across Tower Hamlets that sold again within five years, 23.7% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than London (18%).
By property type
Flats23.7%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new30.9%
Bought second-hand19.4%
Overall
Typical resale gain+15% · ~9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (6,707 resale pairs) across Tower Hamlets — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership23%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£1,838
London Borough of Tower Hamlets£1,327
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,225
Band B£1,429
Band C£1,634
Band D (baseline)£1,838
Band E£2,246
Band F£2,655
Band G£3,063
Band H£3,676
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Tower Hamlets how Folgate Street compares · from Tower Hamlets
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: East Smithfield +27.5%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Smithfield | £806,300 | +27.5% | 324 |
| Canary Wharf | £635,000 | +14.9% | 270 |
| Bethnal Green | £500,000 | +11.6% | 288 |
| Globe Town | £475,000 | +6.1% | 232 |
| Hughesfield Estate | £485,000 | +5.3% | 94 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Folgate Street — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 21 Priory House 32 Folgate Street | Flat | — | — | £1,510,000 | May 2026 |
| FLAT 7 56 FOLGATE STREET | Flat | — | — | £475,000 | Jan 2026 |
| Flat 3 56, Folgate Street | Flat | — | — | £416,000 | Oct 2025 |
| Flat 14 54 Folgate Street | Flat | — | — | £700,000 | Sep 2025 |
| Flat 7 28, Folgate Street | Flat | — | — | £652,500 | Aug 2025 |
| Flat 3 20 Folgate Street | Flat | — | — | £700,000 | Jul 2025 |
| FLAT 17 54 FOLGATE STREET LONDON | Flat | — | — | £645,000 | Jun 2025 |
| FLAT 16 54 FOLGATE STREET | Flat | — | — | £670,000 | Mar 2025 |
| FLAT 12 56 FOLGATE STREET LONDON | Flat | — | — | £450,000 | Mar 2025 |
| Flat 6 Linnell House 50, Folgate Street | Flat | — | — | £592,000 | Sep 2024 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Tower Hamlets
Crime runs at 14.7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month14.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Tower Hamlets
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Tower Hamlets district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Tower Hamlets
Population310,306
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 4/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — more deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
2.8/10
Employment
4.8/10
Education & skills
6.2/10
Health & disability
4.0/10
Crime
3.9/10
Housing & services
2.7/10
Living environment
3.0/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Tower Hamlets — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+61%
Unemployment · economically active residents8.9%
Degree-level (Level 4+)50%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home23%
Median age30.8
Born outside the UK47%
See the full Tower Hamlets report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 1 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
1 of 1 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 1 nearest inspected schools
of the 1 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Spitalfields Day Nursery and Preschool | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.1 km |
| OMG Education | Secondary | — | 0.1 km |
| Christ Church CofE School | Primary | — | 0.4 km |
| Global Kids Aldgate East | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.5 km |
| Allen Gardens Playgroup | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.5 km |
| Iqra Preschool | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.5 km |
| The Complete Works | All-through | — | 0.5 km |
| Workers' Educational Association | 16 plus | — | 0.5 km |
| Early Steps Daycare | Nursery | Inadequate ('25) | 0.5 km |
| The Lyceum | Primary | — | 0.6 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 79.3 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 82.9 yrs |
| Smoking | 7.9% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 55.6% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
9 of 9 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopsgate Dental Care | Dentist | — | 0.2 km |
| Smile Hub | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| The Whiter Smile | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| Fresh Springs Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| Toynbee Street (Dental Surgery) | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| Health E1 | GP | — | 0.4 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Letterbox Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Tower Hamlets
5 nearest stations.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch High Street | 0.2 mi | — | no direct train |
| London Liverpool Street | 0.3 mi | — | no direct train |
| Liverpool Street | 0.3 mi | — | no direct train |
| Moorgate | 0.6 mi | — | no direct train |
| London Fenchurch Street | 0.6 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging20 points
Per 10,000 residents0.6
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Tower Hamlets
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1001.1%
Flood zone28.4% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill81 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings903
Conservation areas54
Green belt0%
Green spaces1,853
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Tower Hamlets
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 1,362 | 88% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 320 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 111 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 1,853 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Tower Hamlets
Figures for the wider Tower Hamlets — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate8.9%
In work (employment rate)61.4%
Companies registered here165,621
New incorporations (12m)34,307
Property companies (SPVs)17,115
See the full Tower Hamlets report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district