Bethnal Green East
Tower Hamlets 007 · 4 sub-areas · 6,425 residents
Bethnal Green East is a workplace corner of Tower Hamlets — daytime population swells with commuters, the streetscape leans busy and built-up rather than residential, and most residents who do live here rent rather than own. The population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds; a high share of adults are degree-educated, which often shows up in the kind of jobs people commute to.
Overview
What's it like to live in Bethnal Green East?
The area is unusually green for its density — 11 parks and 15 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 29 restaurants and 4 pubs in five minutes; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £2,396 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Bethnal Green East in Tower Hamlets
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Bethnal Green East?
- The median monthly rent across Bethnal Green East is £2,396.
- How safe is Bethnal Green East?
- Bethnal Green East has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Bethnal Green East?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 10 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Bethnal Green East?
- There are 68 schools within 2 km of Bethnal Green East, of which 43% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 524 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Bethnal Green East?
- The most common council tax band in Bethnal Green East is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,640. Council tax is set by Tower Hamlets council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Bethnal Green East to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Bethnal Green East to central London is approximately 10 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Bethnal Green East?
- 100% of premises in Bethnal Green East are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Bethnal Green East?
- Bethnal Green East sits in IMD decile 3 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Bethnal Green East?
- 25% of households in Bethnal Green East are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Bethnal Green East?
- The average property price across Tower Hamlets (the local authority covering Bethnal Green East) is approximately £455,307, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Bethnal Green East a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Mixed — jobs and residents are roughly balanced. (1.11 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £45,183.)
- Which local areas are part of Bethnal Green East?
- Bethnal Green East contains 4 local areas: Tower Hamlets 007A, Tower Hamlets 007B, Tower Hamlets 007D, Tower Hamlets 007C.
Frequently asked about Bethnal Green East
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Bethnal Green East?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Bethnal Green East is £2,396. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Bethnal Green East a safe place to live?
- Bethnal Green East has a safety score of 39/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Bethnal Green East?
- 43% of schools within 2 km of Bethnal Green East are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Bethnal Green East?
- Public-transport commute time from Bethnal Green East to central London is approximately 10 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Bethnal Green East different from the rest of Tower Hamlets?
- Bethnal Green East contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Bethnal Green East rank in Tower Hamlets?
- Bethnal Green East scores 40/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets, see the Cities table on the Tower Hamlets page.