Tower Hamlets
8 datasets are currently published for Tower Hamlets. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Tower Hamlets compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 4th of 361 (51.6 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 39th of 318 (shared with 6 other local authority districts) (£450,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 70th of 132 (18.3%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count by age — Tower Hamlets: 17,265, July 2026 (-1.0% year on year, from 17,445). 17,265 people were claiming Universal Credit while required to seek work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. Aged 25-49 accounted for the largest share (10,245, 59%). Next largest was Aged 50+ (4,230). The largest year-on-year movement was Aged 16-24, 4% higher (2,790). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Claimant count — Tower Hamlets: 17,260, July 2026 (-1.1% year on year, from 17,445). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Tower Hamlets: 88.3, June 2026 (-13.1% year on year, from 101.6). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Tower Hamlets: £450,000, Q2 2026 (-10.0% year on year, from £500,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Tower Hamlets: 18.3%, 2024/25 (+0.3 percentage points year on year, from 18.0%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Tower Hamlets: 11, Q1 2026 (+0.0% year on year, from 11). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Tower Hamlets: 334,240, 2025 (-0.6% year on year, from 336,153). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Tower Hamlets: 949, 2025 (+5.3% year on year, from 901). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
Awarded contracts by local authority:
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