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E1W 2YQ

Shadwell · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Shadwell
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 2QW 31 m
E1 2PH 53 m
E1 0BL 68 m
E1 0DR 74 m
E1 0EW 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 2YQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 2002
Terminated
1 June 2004
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 2
Latitude
51.511250
Longitude
-0.059201
British National Grid easting
534,776
British National Grid northing
180,932

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Shadwell · E05009332
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
Output area
E00021671
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025B · E01004301
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025 · E02000888

Postcode source versions

Explore E1W

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
383
Primary
196
Secondary
54

  1. Jamiatul Ummah School

    Other independent school

    165 m

  2. Bigland Green Primary School

    Community school

    217 m

  3. Mulberry School for Girls

    Academy converter

    329 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
19,224
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,641
  • Other theft 2,322
  • Anti social behaviour 2,259
  • Shoplifting 1,896
  • Theft from the person 1,843

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E1W 2 residents
4,925

Age bands in E1W 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

551 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

519 residents

Age 25 to 44
52.4%

2,324 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.2%

764 residents

Age 65 and over
6.2%

274 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

112

within 5 km straight-line

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    393 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    569 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    656 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    691 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    788 m

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    982 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    990 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.2 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.3 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.4 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.5 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.7 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.7 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.7 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    1.8 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.9 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.1 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.2 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    2.2 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 112 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • St George's Town Hall / Shadwell Station

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.0 miles

  • St George's Town Hall / Shadwell Station

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.0 miles

  • Chapman Street

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • Chapman Street

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

  • Shadwell Rail Station

    RLY · Shadwell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 025B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

3,192 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

383 open schools are in scope, including 196 primary and 54 secondary schools. Jamiatul Ummah School is the nearest published school at 165 m.

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

Recorded crime

19,224 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,602 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,641 events.

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