Security and maintenance need improvement as the building door keeps breaking. Parking is poor with no permits available, requiring paid private spaces, though disability parking exists. The area is good with a park, large garden space, nearby shops, and a gym and pool in Stepney Green.
Overall good
Used to rent here· 6y ago
A good area surrounds the property, with many restaurants and parks for children. The neighbourhood is generally safe and the room sizes are perfectly proportioned. The tenant is very happy here.
Context for E14 — each tile answers a question renters actually ask.
Is it safe?
Higher crime
1600 reports within a mile last month · mostly violent crime
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Every crime reported to police within about a mile of here in the most recent published month. We show the total and the most common type.
Livedata.police.uk · last month
Getting around
Excellent transport
Limehouse rail · 0.2 mi away
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Your nearest National Rail or tube/metro/tram station, as the crow flies. Closer means easier life without a car (a real walk is a little further).
OfficialNaPTAN · 2026
Who rents here
38% are renters
A renter-heavy area
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The share of households that rent privately (rather than own or rent socially), from the 2021 Census. Higher means more of your neighbours rent too.
OfficialCensus 2021 · 2021
Deprivation
More deprived
Decile 2 of 10 · 1 = most deprived
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Where this neighbourhood sits on the government’s Index of Multiple Deprivation. Decile 1 is England’s most-deprived 10%; decile 10 the least. It blends income, employment, health, crime, housing and more.
LiveIoD 2019 · 2019
Will WFH work?
Yes — full-fibre
Gigabit broadband available
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Whether fast home broadband for working from home is available here. Superfast is ≥30 Mbps; full-fibre/gigabit is much faster.
EstimateOfcom 2025 · illustrative · 2025
Council tax
£1,838/yr
Band D total · Tower Hamlets
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The total yearly Band D council tax a resident pays here — the council’s own charge plus county, GLA, police and fire precepts. Your actual bill depends on your property’s valuation band.
Officialgov.uk · 2026/27
To buy here
£458k avg
Average sold price · Tower Hamlets
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The average price homes have recently sold for across the local authority (HM Land Registry House Price Index) — a feel for how pricey the area is.
LiveHM Land Registry · recent
Flood risk
Very low
Rivers, sea & surface water
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The area’s long-term risk of flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water, per Environment Agency mapping.