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Street reports in Tower Hamlets by area

In the last month people reported 37 street problems on FixMyStreet across the areas we cover, and fly Tipping on Street came up most (17). 0 were marked fixed. Here is every area ranked.

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37problems reportedin the last month
Fly Tipping on Streetmost reported17 reports, 46%
0marked fixed0% of this month’s reports so far
0neighbours askedfor street improvements

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Most reports this month: Bethnal Green (86), Wapping (27) and Spitalfields (25). The middle Tower Hamlets area had 3, and 6 areas had none. Most fixes marked: Limehouse (1), Ratcliffe (1) and Shadwell (1).

Every area, ranked

1Bethnal GreenE2860%––Fly Tipping on Street
2WappingE1W270%––Car parking
3SpitalfieldsE1254%1–Fly Tipping on Street
4RatcliffeE1195%1–Street Litter Picking
5ShadwellE1W128%1–Street Litter Picking
6LimehouseE14813%1–Grass Cut
7MillwallE1470%––Pavements/footpaths
8Cubitt TownE1440%––Abandoned vehicles
9WhitechapelE140%––Street lighting
10St. George in the EastE130%––Car parking
11BlackwallE1410%––Pavements/Footpaths Repairs
12BowE310%––Other
13Bromley-by-BowE310%––Other

Reports made on FixMyStreet in the last month within each area’s circle. “Already fixed” is the share of those reports now marked fixed; “Fixes marked” counts every report marked fixed in that time, whenever it was made. Bigger and busier areas get more reports, and areas overlap, so one report can count in more than one area. Tap a column to sort.

What gets reported most

Fly Tipping on Street1746%Bethnal Green (45)
Excessive Litter616%Bethnal Green (13)
Drug Paraphernalia / Needles38%Bethnal Green (3)
Graffiti25%Spitalfields (3)
Car parking13%Wapping (6)
Fallen tree13%Bethnal Green (1)
Fly Tipping inside Hackney Housing Building13%Bethnal Green (1)
Manhole - Cover missing13%Bethnal Green (1)
Other13%Bow (1)
Overflowing Public Litter Bin13%Bethnal Green (2)
Parking signs13%Bethnal Green (2)
Rubbish (refuse and recycling)13%Shadwell (1)
Temporary roadworks13%Bethnal Green (1)

Every kind of problem reported in the last month, in the councils’ own words. Councils name some problems differently, so a few appear more than once.

Spotted a problem? Report it

Fly-tipping, a pothole, a broken street light or an overflowing bin: the quickest way to get it sorted is to report it on FixMyStreet. It’s free, you don’t need to know which council looks after the street, and you can see what your neighbours have already reported so you don’t report it twice. More reports in an area often means people there are good at speaking up, not that it is worse kept.

Where the figures come from

Street reports and fixes come from FixMyStreet, run by the charity mySociety, through its public Open311 feed. We keep only the kind of problem, where and when it was reported, and whether it has been fixed, and link to the report itself. We never store the name of the person who reported it, their words or their photos. Street names come from OpenStreetMap. Our figures start on 6 Oct, so “the last month” may be a little shorter for now.

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. See our sources and their licences.

Street reports in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Tower Hamlets have the most street problems reported?

In the last month the most problems were reported on FixMyStreet in Bethnal Green (86), Wapping (27), Spitalfields (25), Ratcliffe (19) and Shadwell (12). The middle Tower Hamlets area had 3. Bigger and busier areas usually get more reports, so these are counts, not rates.

What is the most reported street problem in Tower Hamlets?

Fly Tipping on Street, with 17 of the 37 reports in the last month (46%), followed by excessive Litter (6) and drug Paraphernalia / Needles (3).

How many street problems get fixed in Tower Hamlets?

0 reports were marked as fixed on FixMyStreet in the last month. Of the 37 reports made in that time, 0 (0%) are already marked fixed. Councils don’t always mark reports as fixed, so the real number may be higher.

How do I report a problem on my street in Tower Hamlets?

Use FixMyStreet (fixmystreet.com), a free service run by the charity mySociety. Put in your postcode, drop a pin on the problem and say what it is; it goes straight to the right council, and it shows up on MeBabber within a day.