E1 6SH

Spitalfields & Banglatown · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 6RB 42 m
E1 6BA 53 m
E1 6DG 58 m
E1 6RS 63 m
E1 6BT 64 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 6SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 6
Latitude
51.521799
Longitude
-0.077261
British National Grid easting
533,492
British National Grid northing
182,072

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00021692
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 015B · E01004307
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 015 · E02000878

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
384
Primary
204
Secondary
50
  1. Workers' Educational Association

    Further education

    370 m
  2. OMG Education

    Other independent school

    415 m
  3. Brick Lane School

    Other independent special school

    439 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29,124
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6,010
  • Other theft 4,293
  • Theft from the person 3,668
  • Shoplifting 3,149
  • Anti social behaviour 2,587

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

117

within 5 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    558 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    727 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    868 m

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    882 m

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.1 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.1 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

    1.2 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.3 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.4 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    1.5 km

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    1.5 km

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    1.5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.8 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.8 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    1.8 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.9 km

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    2.0 km

  • NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE

    287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA

    ODS code F83034

    2.0 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    2.1 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    2.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Elder Street

    BCT · Spitalfields

    0.0 miles
  • Commercial Street / Worship St

    BCT · Spitalfields

    0.0 miles
  • Shoreditch High Street Station

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.0 miles
  • Shoreditch High Street Station

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.0 miles
  • Elder Street

    BCT · Spitalfields

    0.1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

384 open schools are in scope, including 204 primary and 50 secondary schools. Workers' Educational Association is the nearest published school at 370 m.

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

Recorded crime

29,124 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,427 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6,010 events.

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