Crap Towns / Tower Hamlets / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Tower Hamlets?
In January 2026, 3.0% of premises in Tower Hamlets couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 6.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 373 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 86.7% of premises, 8% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 373 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 4,693 | 3.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 137,354 | 86.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 4.0 km | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | – | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 5.4 km | 2.8 |
| Westminster | 8.7 km | 2.8 |
| Islington | 6.4 km | 1.7 |
| Waltham Forest | 8.8 km | 1.2 |
| Lewisham | 7.6 km | 1.0 |
| Hackney | 4.5 km | 0.9 |
| Lambeth | 9.0 km | 0.8 |
| Newham | 5.2 km | 0.7 |
| Greenwich | 7.8 km | 0.5 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |