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Old Castle Street

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181 recorded sales · median £182,000 · 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

55/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£182k

median price

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£182k

median sold price

7.5 yrs

of local pay to buy

83 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

£275,000 in 2013 → £642,500 in 2026

⌄ 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 £182,000. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 181 sales£182,000

Full history since 1995

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 Old Castle Street 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 Old Castle Street — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Flat 21 Sloane Apartments 54 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£860,000	Mar 2026
Flat 60 Arcadia Court 45 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£425,000	Jan 2026
Flat 8 Arcadia Court 45, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£355,000	Oct 2025
Flat 7 Arcadia Court 45 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£345,000	Apr 2025
Flat 21 Arcadia Court 45 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£370,000	Mar 2025
FLAT 11 ARCADIA COURT 45 OLD CASTLE STREET	Flat	—	—	£370,000	Sep 2023
Flat 18 Arcadia Court 45 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£364,000	Mar 2023
Flat 40 Arcadia Court 45, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£325,000	Jan 2023
Flat 21 Herbert House Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£420,000	Nov 2022
Flat 6 Arcadia Court 45, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£383,000	Jun 2022
Flat 4 Sloane Apartments 54 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£532,500	Jul 2021
Flat 9 Sloane Apartments 54, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£895,000	Apr 2021
Flat 14 Jacobson House Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£347,500	Mar 2020
Flat 12 Herbert House Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£365,000	Mar 2020
Flat 20 Sloane Apartments 54, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£873,000	Dec 2019
Flat 11 Sloane Apartments 54 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£700,000	Dec 2019
Flat 16 Sloane Apartments 54, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£555,000	Dec 2018
Flat 46 Arcadia Court 45, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£382,500	Oct 2018
Flat 18 Arcadia Court 45 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£387,500	Aug 2018
Flat 64 Arcadia Court 45, Old Castle Street	Other	—	—	£500,000	Aug 2018
Flat 64 Arcadia Court 45, Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£500,000	Aug 2018
Flat 21 Sloane Apartments 54 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£860,000	Feb 2018
Flat 10 Arcadia Court 45 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£395,000	Oct 2017
Flat 32 Arcadia Court 45 Old Castle Street	Flat	—	—	£434,000	Jun 2017

Show all sales ↓

24 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 1 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

1 of 1 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 1 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
Global Kids Aldgate East	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.1 km
The Complete Works	All-through	—	0.3 km
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy	Primary	—	0.3 km
Christ Church CofE School	Primary	—	0.3 km
Iqra Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.3 km
OMG Education	Secondary	—	0.3 km
The Aldgate School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.4 km
Childcare at The Aldgate School	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.4 km
Bright Horizons Spitalfields Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
David Game College	Secondary	—	0.4 km
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.5 km
Al-Mizan School	Primary	—	0.6 km
London East Academy	Secondary	—	0.6 km
Rainbow House	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	0.6 km
Early Steps Daycare	Nursery	Inadequate ('25)	0.6 km
Date Palm Primary	Primary	—	0.6 km
Harry Gosling Primary School	Primary	—	0.7 km
Allen Gardens Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.7 km
Kobi Nazrul Primary School	Primary	—	0.7 km
London Enterprise Academy	Secondary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.8 km
Chicksand Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.8 km
St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Rainbow Angels Nurseries & Learning Centres	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
Kids Kingdom Nursery @ Pinchin St	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Madani Secondary Girls' School	Secondary	—	0.8 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 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

9 of 9 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Fresh Springs Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.1 km
Toynbee Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.1 km
Square Mile Dental Centre	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Health E1	GP	—	0.3 km
Letterbox Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
The Whiter Smile	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
The Spitalfields Practice	GP	—	0.4 km
Smile Hub	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Bupa Dental Care St Mary Axe	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Bishopsgate Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Goodman'S Field Health Centre	GP	—	0.5 km
Sai Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Pharmacyforce	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Boston House Healthcare	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Smilepod Bank	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Finsbury Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Whitechapel Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.8 km
The Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Bellcourt Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	0.8 km
New Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Care Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Sunny Smiles Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Dentexcel	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Bupa Dental Care -Moorgate	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Chapel Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
2Nd Floor Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
The Second Floor Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.0 km
The Blithehale Med.Ctr.	GP	—	1.0 km
Aldgate House Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Dentessentials	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Moorgate Dental	Dentist	—	1.1 km
City Dock Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Smilepod Moorgate	Dentist	—	1.1 km
St. Katherine'S Dock Practice	GP	—	1.1 km
Ap Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Albion Health Centre	GP	—	1.2 km
Dmb Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Florida Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
The Old Maids Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Columbia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Bethnal Green Health Ctr.	GP	—	1.4 km
Portmans Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Ali'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Jaypharm	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
City Square Medical Group	GP	—	1.4 km
The Wellness Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Strouts Place Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Apex Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
The Wapping Group Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
The Neaman Practice	GP	Good ('17)	1.6 km
The Jubilee Street Practice Ltd	GP	—	1.7 km
City Road Medical Centre	GP	—	1.7 km
The New Mill Street Surgery	GP	—	1.8 km
The Lawson Practice	GP	—	1.9 km
Shoreditch Park Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.1 km
The Hoxton Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	2.1 km
The Mission Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.1 km
Bermondsey Spa Medical Centre	GP	—	2.2 km
Qhs Gp Care Home Service	GP	—	2.2 km
Albion Street Group Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.4 km
London Fields Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.4 km
Xx Place Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	2.4 km
De Beauvoir Surgery	GP	—	2.5 km
Blackfriars Medical Practice	GP	—	2.5 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.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
London Liverpool Street Rail Station	0.3 mi	—	no direct train
Liverpool Street	0.3 mi	—	no direct train
London Fenchurch Street Rail Station	0.4 mi	—	no direct train
Shoreditch High Street Rail Station	0.5 mi	—	no direct train
Moorgate Rail Station	0.6 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold · 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