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Rectory Square

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118 recorded sales · median £266,000 · 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

60/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£266k

median price

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£266k

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

£275,000 in 2006 → £570,000 in 2023

⌄ 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 £266,000. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2023 · 4 sales

Median sold price · median of all 118 sales£266,000

Full history since 1996

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 Rectory Square 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 Rectory Square — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
61 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£315,000	Apr 2026
FLAT 17 TEMPLE COURT 52 RECTORY SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£320,000	Sep 2025
Flat 15 Temple Court 52 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£520,000	Aug 2025
Flat 11 Temple Court 52 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£450,000	Mar 2025
FLAT 25 TEMPLE COURT 52 RECTORY SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£440,000	Nov 2023
30 Rectory Square	Terraced	—	—	£700,000	Nov 2023
48 Rectory Square	Terraced	—	—	£715,000	Nov 2023
Flat 24, Temple Court, 52 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£365,000	Jan 2023
FLAT 28 TEMPLE COURT 52 RECTORY SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£520,000	Sep 2022
Flat 27 Temple Court 52 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£515,000	Aug 2022
47 RECTORY SQUARE	Terraced	—	—	£640,000	May 2022
9 RECTORY SQUARE LONDON	Terraced	—	—	£760,000	Apr 2022
36 Rectory Square	Terraced	—	—	£749,000	Mar 2022
42, Rectory Square	Terraced	—	—	£725,000	Feb 2021
15, Rectory Square	Semi-detached	—	—	£670,000	Jan 2020
TEMPLE COURT, 52 RECTORY SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£460,000	Nov 2019
82, Rectory Square	Terraced	—	—	£291,100	Oct 2019
18, Rectory Square	Terraced	—	—	£595,000	Aug 2019
Flat 15 Temple Court 52 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£510,000	Mar 2019
TEMPLE COURT, 52 RECTORY SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£517,500	Dec 2018
TEMPLE COURT, 52 RECTORY SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£420,000	Feb 2018
FLAT 28 TEMPLE COURT 52 RECTORY SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£510,000	May 2017
Flat 26 Temple Court 52 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£525,000	Apr 2017
Flat 8 Temple Court 52 Rectory Square	Flat	—	—	£445,000	Feb 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 10 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

10 of 10 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 10 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
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College	Secondary	Inspected '26 — see report	0.1 km
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School	Secondary	Inspected '26 — see report	0.3 km
New Birth Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.3 km
Mazahirul Uloom London School	Secondary	—	0.4 km
Cayley Primary School	Primary	—	0.5 km
Marion Richardson Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.5 km
Ben Jonson Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.5 km
Stepney Park Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Halley Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	0.6 km
Wise Mind Tuition Centre	Nursery	—	0.7 km
Bishop Challoner Catholic School	Secondary	Good ('21)	0.7 km
John Scurr Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Global Kids day care	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.7 km
Claire Bears	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
Tower Project Complex Needs	Nursery	—	0.8 km
St Mary and St Michael Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
London Islamic School	Secondary	—	0.9 km
Sir William Burrough Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.9 km
Global Kids Day Care - Mile End Branch	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Tutorbase Mile End	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Bangabandhu Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Winterton House Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	0.9 km
Morpeth School	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.0 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 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

13 of 14 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Medichem Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Sinclairs	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Mile End Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Harford Health Centre	GP	Good ('20)	0.4 km
Smile Dental Care Tower Hamlets	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Greenlight Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
The Jubilee Street Practice Ltd	GP	—	0.7 km
Xx Place Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Jaypharm	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Regionchoice Ltd	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Salmon Lane Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Mymeds Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Abbey Dental	Dentist	—	0.9 km
East Side Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Whitechapel Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.9 km
195 Bow Common Lane (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	0.9 km
City Square Medical Group	GP	—	0.9 km
Albion Health Centre	GP	—	0.9 km
Dmb Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Chrischem Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Parcel Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
The Second Floor Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Britannia Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
2Nd Floor Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Ali'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Medsway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Aldgate House Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Suttons Wharf Health Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('24)	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Massingham	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Forward Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
E14 Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Nash Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
The Grove Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.3 km
New Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Dental Surgery (Burdett Road)	Dentist	—	1.3 km
The Limehouse Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.3 km
Chapel Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Whitechapel Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Lincoln Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Care Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Wapping Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Pharmacyforce	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Mayors Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Sda Dental Studio	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Sda Dental Studio	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Harley Grove Medical Ctr.	GP	Good ('19)	1.5 km
The Blithehale Med.Ctr.	GP	—	1.6 km
Wellington Way Health Centre	GP	Good ('24)	1.6 km
Tredegar Practice	GP	—	1.6 km
The Mission Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.7 km
Borno Chemists Limited	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Bethnal Green Health Ctr.	GP	—	1.7 km
Florida Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
The Old Maids Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
The Wapping Group Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.7 km
The Spitalfields Practice	GP	—	1.8 km
Ap Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Goodman'S Field Health Centre	GP	—	1.8 km
St. Stephens Health Centre	GP	Good ('22)	1.8 km
William Place Dental Aesthetics	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Dental Beauty Bow	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Health E1	GP	—	1.9 km
Albion Street Group Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.0 km
St. Katherine'S Dock Practice	GP	—	2.1 km
The Chrisp Street Hth Ctr	GP	Good ('16)	2.1 km
St Andrews Health Centre	GP	—	2.2 km
Ruston Street Clinic	GP	Good ('16)	2.3 km
London Fields Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.3 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 Limehouse Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Limehouse Rail Station	0.5 mi	London Fenchurch Street	5 min
Whitechapel Rail Station	0.7 mi	—	no direct train
Whitechapel	0.7 mi	—	no direct train
Shadwell Rail Station	0.7 mi	—	no direct train
Bethnal Green Rail Station	0.8 mi	London Liverpool Street	5 min

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