E1 6QL

Spitalfields & Banglatown · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 5HD 81 m
E1 5JP 86 m
E1 6QR 97 m
E1 6RU 105 m
E1 6QH 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 6QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 6
Latitude
51.520888
Longitude
-0.072197
British National Grid easting
533,846
British National Grid northing
181,980

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00021681
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 015B · E01004307
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 015 · E02000878

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
91, Unit Zg-Mph & Zg-001, Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL 28 August 2020 £150,000
63, Ground Floor And Basement, Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL 9 March 2020 £9,999
75, Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL 29 January 2020 £1,365,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
392
Primary
201
Secondary
49
  1. Christ Church CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    231 m
  2. St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    299 m
  3. OMG Education

    Other independent school

    326 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28,637
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6,171
  • Other theft 4,012
  • Theft from the person 3,361
  • Shoplifting 3,047
  • Anti social behaviour 2,629

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

17 female, 16 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.2
E1 6 residents
4,199

Age bands in E1 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.7%

453 residents

Age 15 to 24
19.4%

822 residents

Age 25 to 44
50.7%

2,145 residents

Age 45 to 64
14.5%

612 residents

Age 65 and over
4.7%

198 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1 6 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+
69.6%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
69.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
69.6%
Gigabit-capable
69.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
69.6%
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

117

within 5 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    291 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    433 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    584 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    864 m

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    869 m

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    965 m

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.0 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.4 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.5 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

    1.5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.6 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    1.6 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.7 km

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    1.7 km

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    1.7 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    1.8 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.9 km

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    1.9 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    2.0 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    2.1 km

Showing 20 of 117 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

  • Folgate Street

    BCT · Spitalfields

    0.1 miles
  • Shoreditch High Street Station

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.1 miles
  • Brushfield Street

    BCT · Spitalfields

    0.2 miles
  • Elder Street

    BCT · Spitalfields

    0.2 miles
  • Brushfield Street

    BCT · Spitalfields

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 015B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,906 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 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
18
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

392 open schools are in scope, including 201 primary and 49 secondary schools. Christ Church CofE School is the nearest published school at 231 m.

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

Recorded crime

28,637 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,386.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6,171 events.

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