London boroughsNewham vs Tower Hamlets
Newham vs Tower Hamlets: which borough suits you?
Tower Hamlets is more central, in zone 2, but Newham is £34k cheaper on the average sold price.
Newham
#12 of 33
Tower Hamlets
#1 of 33
Travelcard zone
Zone 2/3
Zone 2
Average house price
£426k
£460k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
9.6x
6.9x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
88
94
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
964 Mb
863 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.9
7.3
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
49
394
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
924 ha
814 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
1645
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