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E1 2LQ

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 1QW 47 m
E1 1QN 48 m
E1 2PL 50 m
E1 2LX 63 m
E1 2EZ 68 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 2LQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 2
Latitude
51.512801
Longitude
-0.061671
British National Grid easting
534,600
British National Grid northing
181,100

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
E00183964
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 021A · E01004319
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 021 · E02000884

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
385
Primary
194
Secondary
53

  1. Bigland Green Primary School

    Community school

    139 m

  2. Buttercup Primary School

    Other independent school

    165 m

  3. Mulberry School for Girls

    Academy converter

    209 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
21,342
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,084
  • Other theft 2,815
  • Anti social behaviour 2,333
  • Shoplifting 2,208
  • Theft from the person 2,068

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

114

within 5 km straight-line

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    461 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    479 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    747 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    765 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    779 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    793 m

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    851 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    917 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.2 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.5 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.5 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.6 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.8 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.8 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.8 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.9 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    2.0 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    2.1 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    2.3 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 114 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • Chapman Street

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • Chapman Street

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • New Road (E1)

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 021A, 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

5,853 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

385 open schools are in scope, including 194 primary and 53 secondary schools. Bigland Green Primary School is the nearest published school at 139 m.

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

Recorded crime

21,342 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,778.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,084 events.

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