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Ford Close

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20 recorded sales · median £176,250 · Tower Hamlets

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Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor) 33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

60/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£176k

median price

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£176k

median sold price

7.5 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

128

schools total

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

1,153

Violence — most

24.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

28.4%

in a flood zone

1,773

green spaces

9.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,341

eat & drink

319

shops

73.4%

gigabit

108

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£83,500 in 1996 → £375,000 in 2012

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Tower Hamlets, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £176,250. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2012 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 20 sales£176,250

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.5× · five-year average 9.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership23%

Owned outright

With a mortgage

15%

Private rented

38%

Social rented

36%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,838

Your band:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets£1,327

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,225

Band B£1,429

Band C£1,634

Band D (baseline)£1,838

Band E£2,246

Band F£2,655

Band G£3,063

Band H£3,676

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Tower Hamlets how Ford Close compares · from Tower Hamlets

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: East Smithfield +27.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
East Smithfield	£806,300	+27.5%	324
Canary Wharf	£635,000	+14.9%	270
Bethnal Green	£500,000	+11.6%	288
Globe Town	£475,000	+6.1%	232
Hughesfield Estate	£485,000	+5.3%	94
Shoreditch	£545,000	+2.9%	188
Limehouse	£440,000	+1.8%	456
Mile End	£515,000	+0%	240
Whitechapel	£490,000	+0%	246
Stepney	£440,000	-2.3%	242
Bow	£437,000	-2.5%	382
St John's Estate	£435,000	-5.5%	134
Wapping	£475,000	-8.8%	146
Pepys Estate	£430,000	-9.3%	34
Blackwall	£479,750	-10.6%	512
Fish Island	£505,000	-11.1%	228
Manchester Estate	£450,000	-11.8%	118
Shadwell	£480,000	-12%	122
Three Mills	£337,000	-16.9%	122
Isle of Dogs	£463,000	-20.3%	198
Poplar	£372,500	-23.2%	332

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Ford Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£650,000	Jun 2021
2 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£565,000	Mar 2018
2 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£475,000	Aug 2017
10 Ford Close	Other	—	—	£350,000	Jan 2017
6 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£600,000	Mar 2016
8, Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£392,000	Sep 2012
6 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£358,000	Jul 2012
6 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£333,000	Feb 2007
8, Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£300,000	Jan 2005
1 Ford Close	Flat	—	—	£167,500	Jul 2004
2 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£265,000	Nov 2003
1 Ford Close	Flat	—	—	£135,000	Jul 2002
8, Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£190,000	Nov 2000
4 FORD CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£185,000	May 2000
8, Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£145,000	Apr 1999
6 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£85,000	Dec 1996
4 FORD CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£83,500	Dec 1996
8, Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£84,000	Nov 1996
2 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£70,000	Nov 1996
1 Ford Close	Terraced	—	—	£57,000	Mar 1996

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20 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Tower Hamlets

Crime runs at 13.7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month13.7

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Tower Hamlets

Violence & sexual offences

1,153

Anti-social behaviour

958

Shoplifting

418

Other theft

345

Theft from the person

236

Public order

231

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Tower Hamlets district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Tower Hamlets

Population310,306

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — more deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

2.8/10

Employment

4.8/10

Education & skills

6.2/10

Health & disability

4.0/10

Crime

3.9/10

Housing & services

2.7/10

Living environment

3.0/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Tower Hamlets — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents8.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)50%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home23%

Median age30.8

Born outside the UK47%

See the full Tower Hamlets report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 8 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

8 of 8 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 8 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Olga Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	0.2 km
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy	Primary	Outstanding ('22)	0.3 km
Chisenhale Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.3 km
Ranwell Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Vernon Pre-School Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Mulberry UTC	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.6 km
Malmesbury Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Central Foundation Girls' School	Secondary	Inspected '26 — see report	0.7 km
Tate House Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('15)	0.8 km
Tate House Playgroup @ Meath Gardens	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.8 km
Gatehouse School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Wetherell Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
Pillar Box Montessori	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Global Kids Day Care - Mile End Branch	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Tutorbase Mile End	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Pillar Box Gardens Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.9 km
Montessori On The Park	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Wellington Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.0 km
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy	Secondary	Outstanding ('23)	1.0 km
Bonner Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	1.0 km
Lauriston School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.1 km
Globe Learning	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Morpeth School	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.2 km
St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.2 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

17 of 18 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
St. Stephens Health Centre	GP	Good ('22)	0.2 km
William Place Dental Aesthetics	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Tredegar Practice	GP	—	0.2 km
Dental Beauty Bow	Dentist	—	0.3 km
M C Lewis & Associates Ltd	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Bell Pharmacy Bow	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Sinclairs	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
The Grove Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Parnell Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Suttons Wharf Health Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('24)	0.6 km
Harley Grove Medical Ctr.	GP	Good ('19)	0.7 km
Ruston Street Clinic	GP	Good ('16)	0.7 km
Forward Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Chrischem Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Mayors Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Massingham	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Wellington Way Health Centre	GP	Good ('24)	1.0 km
Victoria Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Xx Place Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
195 Bow Common Lane (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Mile End Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Medichem Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Bees Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.5 km
V Dental Smile Studio	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Trowbridge Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.5 km
Well Street Surgery	GP	—	1.5 km
The Mission Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.5 km
Borno Chemists Limited	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Harford Health Centre	GP	Good ('20)	1.6 km
Smile Dental Care Tower Hamlets	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Greenlight Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Colosseum Dental (Well Street)	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Clockwork Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Elsdale Street Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	1.6 km
Sonigra Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Chrysanth Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Clockwork Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Af Dental Hackney	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Oral Surgery Ltd	Dentist	—	1.6 km
37-39	Dentist	—	1.6 km
The Greenhouse Walk-In	GP	Outstanding ('17)	1.6 km
Sinclairs	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
St Andrews Health Centre	GP	—	1.7 km
Greenlight Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Bee Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Lincoln Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Regionchoice Ltd	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Phlo-Digital Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Medsway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
The Wick Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	1.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.9 km
The Lea Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.9 km
Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Latimer Health Centre	GP	Good ('19)	1.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.9 km
London Fields Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.0 km
Salmon Lane Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Albion Health Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
Abbey Dental	Dentist	—	2.1 km
East Side Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Whitechapel Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Bethnal Green Health Ctr.	GP	—	2.2 km
Kingsmead Healthcare	GP	Good ('17)	2.2 km
Carpenters Practice	GP	Good ('18)	2.2 km
The Blithehale Med.Ctr.	GP	—	2.3 km
The Jubilee Street Practice Ltd	GP	—	2.4 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Tower Hamlets

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 5 min from Bethnal Green Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Hackney Wick Rail Station	0.9 mi	—	no direct train
Cambridge Heath (London) Rail Station	1.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	6 min
Homerton Rail Station	1.1 mi	—	no direct train
London Fields Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Liverpool Street	8 min
Bethnal Green Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Liverpool Street	5 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Bethnal Green Rail Station (5 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

50%

Public transport

24%

Walk or cycle

14%

Drive

10%

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging20 points

Per 10,000 residents0.6

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Tower Hamlets

Air quality

NO₂

24.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

9.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1001.1%

Flood zone28.4% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill81 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings903

Conservation areas54

Green belt0%

Green spaces1,773

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Tower Hamlets

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,341	88% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	319	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	108	—
Green spaces & parks	1,773	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

73.4%

Superfast

92.5%

Ultrafast

75%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Tower Hamlets

Figures for the wider Tower Hamlets — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate8.9%

In work (employment rate)61.4%

Companies registered here55,280

New incorporations (12m)10,163

Property companies (SPVs)5,683

See the full Tower Hamlets report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district