Canary Wharf
Middle areaSouth east Tower Hamlets. 8,834 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Canary Wharf live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Canary Wharf
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Canary Wharf at a rate of 292.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 581 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 559 |
| Other crime | 501 |
| Shoplifting | 458 |
| Theft from the person | 106 |
| Drug offences | 100 |
| Burglary | 97 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 74 |
| Vehicle crime | 62 |
| Robbery | 42 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Canary Wharf compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Canary Wharf safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Canary Wharf at a rate of 292.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 231 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Canary Wharf.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (581), anti-social behaviour (559) and other crime (501).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets
These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Canary Wharf alone. See Tower Hamlets
Canary Wharf in brief
The median price paid for a home in Canary Wharf was £777,500 in 2025.
Canary Wharf had 7,076 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Canary Wharf live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Canary Wharf, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.