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E1W 1BX

Whitechapel · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Whitechapel
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 8BA 52 m
E1W 1AW 57 m
E1W 1YN 57 m
E1 8LJ 59 m
E1 8JU 64 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 1BX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
1 February 2015
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 1
Latitude
51.509079
Longitude
-0.068271
British National Grid easting
534,153
British National Grid northing
180,674

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Whitechapel · E05009336
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
Output area
E00183742
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026F · E01035697
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026 · E02000889

Postcode source versions

Explore E1W

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
396
Primary
202
Secondary
54

  1. Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Free schools

    141 m

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

    Voluntary aided school

    204 m

  3. Hermitage Primary School

    Academy converter

    464 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22,296
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,832
  • Other theft 3,626
  • Theft from the person 3,027
  • Anti social behaviour 2,188
  • Shoplifting 1,930

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E1W 1 residents
2,226

Age bands in E1W 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10%

240 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

200 residents

Age 25 to 44
46.9%

1,129 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

601 residents

Age 65 and over
9.8%

236 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

    233 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    489 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    727 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    925 m

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    952 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.0 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.1 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.3 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.4 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.4 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.4 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.5 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.6 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.0 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

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.3 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    2.3 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    2.3 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 123 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

  • Wellclose Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

  • St Katherine Dock

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

  • St Katherine Dock

    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 202 primary and 54 secondary schools. Mulberry Academy London Dock is the nearest published school at 141 m.

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

Recorded crime

22,296 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,858 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,832 events.

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