E1 8LF

Whitechapel · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 8LR 16 m
E1 8LA 18 m
E1 8LB 34 m
E1 8JZ 41 m
E1 8LS 43 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1 8LF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 February 2007
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1
Postcode sector
E1 8
Latitude
51.510097
Longitude
-0.070015
British National Grid easting
534,029
British National Grid northing
180,784

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00190013
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026F · E01035697
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026 · E02000889

Postcode source versions

Explore E1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
396
Primary
197
Secondary
55
  1. Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Free schools

    288 m
  2. St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    291 m
  3. English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    328 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23,911
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,980
  • Other theft 4,157
  • Theft from the person 3,435
  • Anti social behaviour 2,219
  • Shoplifting 2,033

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

123

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    367 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    390 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    808 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    887 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    919 m

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.0 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.1 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.4 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.4 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.5 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.5 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.6 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.7 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.9 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    2.2 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    2.2 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    2.2 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

    182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY

    ODS code G85052

    2.3 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    2.4 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 123 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Tower Gateway Station DLR

    TMU · Tower Gateway

    0.1 miles
  • Tower Hill / Tower Gateway Station

    BCT · Tower Gateway

    0.1 miles
  • St Katherine Dock

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • St Katherine Dock

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 026F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,182 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

396 open schools are in scope, including 197 primary and 55 secondary schools. Mulberry Academy London Dock is the nearest published school at 288 m.

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

Recorded crime

23,911 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,992.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,980 events.

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