Tower Hamlets noise and liveability

London. Aircraft and road noise, affordability, schools, crime, transport, air quality and flood risk, from published sources.

6.0Sky Score out of 10; on every score here, 10 is best
Quiet skies
7.5 / 10
Affordability
3.2 / 10Scored against the prices of every UK area we cover, not just this city - 6 of 33 here by price, cheapest first
Growth
0.3 / 10Price trend after inflation (real terms), scored against every borough Sky Score covers in this currency, not just this city - 30 of 33 here by trend, fastest-rising first
Liveability
7.3 / 10
Environment
5.1 / 10

Noise and planes

Aircraft noise is low-moderate

Estimated from the distance to the airport and its routes, scaled by the size of its DEFRA noise map

Road noise is high

Postcodes over the WHO guideline74.5%
DEFRA road Lden, share of postcodes over WHO 53 dB

Air and flood

Air quality is moderate

Nitrogen dioxide

Tower Hamlets24.2 µg/m³
WHO guideline10 µg/m³

Fine particles

Tower Hamlets9.9 µg/m³
WHO guideline5 µg/m³
DEFRA background maps against WHO 2021

Flood risk is low

Postcodes at medium or high risk0.71%
Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences

Living here

Recorded crime is 1.2 times the London median

109.3 recorded offences per 1,000 residents a year; the London median is 87.6.

ONS Table C4, per 1,000 residents per year

Schools are average

Progress 8 is 0.13.

DfE KS4 2023/24 revised, 0.0 is the national average

Transport access is excellent

The national stop register (NaPTAN), share of postcodes within 800 m of a station

Healthcare access is excellent

NHS Organisation Data Service, share of postcodes within 500 m of a GP practice

Property

Average price

£447,796

Tower Hamlets£447,796
London median£540,198
HM Land Registry HPI

Price trend

-13.3% year on year

HM Land Registry HPI

See it on the map. Noise contours, flight corridors and every neighbourhood in London.

Open Tower Hamlets on the Sky Score map

Planes overhead

Heathrow's expansion consultation is open until 22 December 2026. The planes over Tower Hamlets today, for the consultation, district by district.

Planes overhead pages for the postcode districts covering Tower Hamlets: E1, E1W, E2, E3, E9, E14.

Where these numbers come from

Transport access: DfT NaPTAN, Open Government Licence v3.0; Healthcare access: NHS Organisation Data Service, Open Government Licence v3.0; Postcode resolution: postcodes.io (Open Government Licence v3.0); Borough metadata: ONS (Crime in England and Wales, Police Force Area data tables, Table C4) and Department for Education (Key Stage 4 Progress 8), Open Government Licence v3.0; Aviation noise context: DEFRA strategic noise mapping, Open Government Licence v3.0; Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, August 2026 vintage, Open Government Licence v3.0; Air quality: DEFRA background pollution maps (PCM), Open Government Licence v3.0; Road noise: DEFRA Strategic Noise Mapping Round 4 road Lden, Open Government Licence v3.0; Flood risk: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Open Government Licence v3.0; Inflation: ONS CPIH 12-month rate, all items (series L55O, dataset MM23), August 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; Flight routes: UK Aeronautical Information Publication (NATS), derived by Sky Score for the aircraft noise estimate; public but not openly licensed, and not for navigation

Methodology version 5.7. Full method: the methodology (and the API reference). Figures are for the whole borough; a single address can differ, and the map shows postcode-level detail.