E1 8FA

Whitechapel · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 7AS 59 m
E1 7AT 59 m
E1 8QS 71 m
E1 7PT 73 m
E1 7AP 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 8FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 8
Latitude
51.514772
Longitude
-0.072095
British National Grid easting
533,871
British National Grid northing
181,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00183893
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 021F · E01032767
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 021 · E02000884

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Red Lion Point, 2, Basement Premises, Leman Street, London, E1 8FA 30 November 2021 £180,500,000
Red Lion Point, 2, Floor 14, Leman Street, London, E1 8FA 16 May 2016 £310,812

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
405
Primary
203
Secondary
55
  1. Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    174 m
  2. Royal Mencap Society

    Special post 16 institution

    174 m
  3. English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    216 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
26,945
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,524
  • Other theft 4,453
  • Theft from the person 3,697
  • Shoplifting 2,680
  • Anti social behaviour 2,275

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E1 8 residents
8,334

Age bands in E1 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,161 residents

Age 15 to 24
21.6%

1,619 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.9%

3,451 residents

Age 45 to 64
13.5%

1,012 residents

Age 65 and over
3.6%

268 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

124

within 5 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    289 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    336 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    395 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    906 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.1 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.2 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.2 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.3 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.5 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.5 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.6 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    1.6 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    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

    2.0 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    2.0 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    2.0 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    2.1 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    2.1 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    2.2 km

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 124 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

  • Aldgate East Underground Station

    MET · Aldgate East

    0.0 miles
  • Aldgate East

    TMU · Aldgate East

    0.0 miles
  • Aldgate East

    BCT · Aldgate East

    0.0 miles
  • Aldgate East

    TMU · Aldgate East

    0.0 miles
  • Aldgate East

    TMU · Aldgate East

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 021F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,634 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £180,500,000 from 1 recorded sale in E1 8FA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tower Hamlets is £456,898 in June 2026, down 13.1% year on year.

Schools

405 open schools are in scope, including 203 primary and 55 secondary schools. Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 174 m.

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

Recorded crime

26,945 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,245.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,524 events.

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