Bethnal Green South
Tower Hamlets 013 · 4 sub-areas · 7,682 residents
Bethnal Green South 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; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Overview
What's it like to live in Bethnal Green South?
The area is unusually green for its density — 11 parks and 13 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; there's a serious food scene on the doorstep — 68 restaurants and 30 distinct cuisines within a five-minute walk; the cultural offer is one of the area's draws — dozens of theatres, museums and galleries within two kilometres; 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 South in Tower Hamlets
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Bethnal Green South?
- The median monthly rent across Bethnal Green South is £2,396.
- How safe is Bethnal Green South?
- Bethnal Green South 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 South?
- 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 3 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Bethnal Green South?
- There are 65 schools within 2 km of Bethnal Green South, of which 39% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 184 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Bethnal Green South?
- The most common council tax band in Bethnal Green South is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,672. Council tax is set by Tower Hamlets council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Bethnal Green South to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Bethnal Green South to central London is approximately 3 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 South?
- 100% of premises in Bethnal Green South are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Bethnal Green South?
- Bethnal Green South sits in IMD decile 2 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 South?
- 21% of households in Bethnal Green South 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 South?
- The average property price across Tower Hamlets (the local authority covering Bethnal Green South) 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 South 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 South?
- Bethnal Green South contains 4 local areas: Tower Hamlets 013A, Tower Hamlets 013C, Tower Hamlets 013D, Tower Hamlets 013B.
Frequently asked about Bethnal Green South
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 South?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Bethnal Green South 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 South a safe place to live?
- Bethnal Green South has a safety score of 5/100. 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 South?
- 39% of schools within 2 km of Bethnal Green South are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Bethnal Green South?
- Public-transport commute time from Bethnal Green South to central London is approximately 3 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Bethnal Green South different from the rest of Tower Hamlets?
- Bethnal Green South 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 South rank in Tower Hamlets?
- Bethnal Green South scores 39/100 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.