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E1 5BU

Spitalfields & Banglatown · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Spitalfields & Banglatown
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 5FA 66 m
E1 5FB 69 m
E1 5AR 94 m
E1 5FQ 94 m
E1 5FZ 98 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 5BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 5
Latitude
51.522554
Longitude
-0.065250
British National Grid easting
534,323
British National Grid northing
182,178

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Spitalfields & Banglatown · E05009333
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
Output area
E00183889
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 009E · E01035668
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 009 · E02000872

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
384
Primary
193
Secondary
48

  1. Thomas Buxton Primary School

    Community school

    95 m

  2. Osmani Primary School

    Community school

    163 m

  3. William Davis Primary School

    Community school

    225 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27,048
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6,344
  • Other theft 3,111
  • Theft from the person 2,863
  • Shoplifting 2,858
  • Anti social behaviour 2,833

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
159

83 female, 76 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
5.0
E1 5 residents
10,627

Age bands in E1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,888 residents

Age 15 to 24
17.2%

1,708 residents

Age 25 to 44
41.1%

4,084 residents

Age 45 to 64
16.6%

1,649 residents

Age 65 and over
6.2%

615 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

116

within 5 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    136 m

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    491 m

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    599 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    642 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    652 m

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    987 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.0 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    1.2 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.2 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.4 km

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    1.6 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.6 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.6 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.7 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    1.8 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.9 km

  • CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    CITY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, UNIT 1-3 GROUND FLOOR, CITY HOUSE, 190-196 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2QH

    ODS code F83064

    1.9 km

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    1.9 km

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    1.9 km

  • THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN

    19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN

    ODS code F84632

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 116 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Fakruddin Street

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.0 miles

  • Fakruddin Street

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles

  • Underwood Road

    BCT · Whitechapel

    0.1 miles

  • Weavers Fields

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.2 miles

  • Old Montague Street

    BCT · Whitechapel

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 009E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

6,789 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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
1
Low risk addresses
1
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

384 open schools are in scope, including 193 primary and 48 secondary schools. Thomas Buxton Primary School is the nearest published school at 95 m.

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

Recorded crime

27,048 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,254 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6,344 events.

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