E1 1PY

Whitechapel · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 1FS 14 m
E1 1PJ 23 m
E1 1PQ 30 m
E1 1QB 31 m
E1 1QD 31 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 1PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 1
Latitude
51.514182
Longitude
-0.063083
British National Grid easting
534,498
British National Grid northing
181,251

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00184135
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 021C · E01004321
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 021 · E02000884

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Flat 38, Umberston Street, London, E1 1PY 19 February 2025 £575,000
14, Flat 29, Umberston Street, London, E1 1PY 17 July 2024 £430,000
16, Flat 49, Umberston Street, London, E1 1PY 12 July 2024 £580,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
388
Primary
195
Secondary
51
  1. Buttercup Primary School

    Other independent school

    79 m
  2. London Enterprise Academy

    Free schools

    144 m
  3. Daffodil Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    145 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22,490
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,313
  • Other theft 3,150
  • Shoplifting 2,345
  • Anti social behaviour 2,336
  • Theft from the person 2,180

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
146

71 female, 75 male

Postcode households
57
Residents per household
2.6
E1 1 residents
7,008

Age bands in E1 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,221 residents

Age 15 to 24
21.9%

1,803 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.7%

3,767 residents

Age 45 to 64
12.5%

1,030 residents

Age 65 and over
5.1%

417 residents

This postcode contained 2.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
8%
Gigabit-capable
8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

113

within 5 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    384 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    549 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    573 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    743 m

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    752 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    874 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

    FLAT 12, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, 50 THOMAS MORE STREET, LONDON, E1W 1UA

    ODS code F84731

    878 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

    THE WAPPING HEALTH CENTRE, 22 WAPPING LANE, LONDON, E1W 2RL

    ODS code F84079

    940 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.1 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.4 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.6 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    ALBION STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 87 ALBION STREET, LONDON, SE16 7JX

    ODS code G85138

    1.7 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.8 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU

    ODS code F84051

    1.9 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.9 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EYOT HOUSE, 50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code G85623

    2.0 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    2.0 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

    MISSION MEDICAL PRACTICE, 208 CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E2 9LS

    ODS code F84016

    2.0 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    2.2 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 113 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • New Road (E1)

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.0 miles
  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • New Road (E1)

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • Henriques Street

    BCT · Whitechapel

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 021C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,378 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
8
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
12
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £430,000 from 7 recorded sales in E1 1PY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tower Hamlets is £456,898 in June 2026, down 13.1% year on year.

Schools

388 open schools are in scope, including 195 primary and 51 secondary schools. Buttercup Primary School is the nearest published school at 79 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

22,490 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,874.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,313 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.