London boroughsHackney vs Tower Hamlets
Hackney vs Tower Hamlets: which borough suits you?
Both are in zone 2, and Tower Hamlets is £100k cheaper on the average sold price.
Hackney
#14 of 33
Tower Hamlets
#1 of 33
Travelcard zone
Zone 2
Zone 2
Average house price
£560k
£460k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
11.5x
6.9x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
89
94
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
951 Mb
863 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.1
7.3
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
224
394
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
819 ha
814 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
3892
4506
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
The full picture on each
Living in Tower Hamlets
Greater London · zone 2 · average sold price £460k.
Read the Tower Hamlets report