Bow North & Fish Island
Tower Hamlets 001 · 6 sub-areas · 11,754 residents
Bow North & Fish Island 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
The area is unusually green for its density — 7 parks and 6 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 24 restaurants and 2 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 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Bow North & Fish Island in Tower Hamlets
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Bow North & Fish Island?
- The median monthly rent across Bow North & Fish Island is £2,396.
- How safe is Bow North & Fish Island?
- Bow North & Fish Island 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
- 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
- There are 40 schools within 2 km of Bow North & Fish Island, of which 48% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 541 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Bow North & Fish Island?
- The most common council tax band in Bow North & Fish Island is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,720. Council tax is set by Tower Hamlets council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Bow North & Fish Island to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Bow North & Fish Island 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
- 100% of premises in Bow North & Fish Island are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Bow North & Fish Island?
- Bow North & Fish Island 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
- 25% of households in Bow North & Fish Island 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
- The average property price across Tower Hamlets (the local authority covering Bow North & Fish Island) 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 Bow North & Fish Island 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
- Bow North & Fish Island contains 6 local areas: Tower Hamlets 001A, Tower Hamlets 001D, Tower Hamlets 001G, Tower Hamlets 001E, Tower Hamlets 001B…
Frequently asked about Bow North & Fish Island
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Bow North & Fish Island?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Bow North & Fish Island 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 Bow North & Fish Island a safe place to live?
- Bow North & Fish Island has a safety score of 30/100. 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 Bow North & Fish Island?
- 48% of schools within 2 km of Bow North & Fish Island are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Bow North & Fish Island?
- Public-transport commute time from Bow North & Fish Island to central London is approximately 10 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Bow North & Fish Island different from the rest of Tower Hamlets?
- Bow North & Fish Island contains 6 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 Bow North & Fish Island rank in Tower Hamlets?
- Bow North & Fish Island scores 23/100 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.