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Whitechapel · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Whitechapel
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 2AG 12 m
E1 2JJ 21 m
E1 2JL 57 m
E1 2AD 59 m
E1 2BA 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 2AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 2
Latitude
51.517334
Longitude
-0.061147
British National Grid easting
534,623
British National Grid northing
181,605

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Whitechapel · E05009336
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
Output area
E00021761
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 017A · E01004322
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 017 · E02000880

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
375
Primary
191
Secondary
49

  1. Madani Secondary Girls' School

    Other independent school

    220 m

  2. Wapping High School

    Free schools

    263 m

  3. Daffodil Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    264 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
23,621
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,944
  • Other theft 2,826
  • Anti social behaviour 2,678
  • Shoplifting 2,229
  • Theft from the person 2,159

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
E1 2 residents
8,555

Age bands in E1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,509 residents

Age 15 to 24
18.5%

1,491 residents

Age 25 to 44
40.3%

3,244 residents

Age 45 to 64
16.8%

1,350 residents

Age 65 and over
5.6%

452 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1 2 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

111

within 5 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    386 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    574 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    585 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    667 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    727 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    769 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    846 m

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.1 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.3 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.3 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.6 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    1.6 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.6 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    1.6 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    1.9 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    2.0 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    2.0 km

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

    IVANHOE HOUSE, 130 GROVE ROAD, LONDON, E3 5TW

    ODS code F84055

    2.1 km

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    2.1 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

    ST LEONARDS, 85 NUTTALL ST, LONDON, N1 5HZ

    ODS code F84096

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 111 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

  • Royal London Hospital

    BCT · Whitechapel

    0.1 miles

  • Royal London Hospital

    BCT · Whitechapel

    0.1 miles

  • Whitechapel Station / Royal London Hospital

    BCT · Whitechapel

    0.1 miles

  • Whitechapel Underground Station

    PLT · Whitechapel

    0.1 miles

  • Whitechapel Station

    RSE · Whitechapel

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 017A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

3,313 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

375 open schools are in scope, including 191 primary and 49 secondary schools. Madani Secondary Girls' School is the nearest published school at 220 m.

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

Recorded crime

23,621 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,968.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,944 events.

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