E2 6PJ

Bethnal Green West · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E2 7AY 1 m
E2 7AE 25 m
E2 7AZ 30 m
E2 7AN 59 m
E2 7AA 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E2 6PJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
1 December 1986
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 6
Latitude
51.529923
Longitude
-0.063827
British National Grid easting
534,400
British National Grid northing
183,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00021159
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 005D · E01004204
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 005 · E02000868

Postcode source versions

Explore E2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
382
Primary
186
Secondary
51
  1. Oaklands School

    Community school

    166 m
  2. Elizabeth Selby Infants' School

    Community school

    169 m
  3. Lawdale Junior School

    Community school

    194 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23,203
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,872
  • Anti social behaviour 2,718
  • Theft from the person 2,461
  • Other theft 2,288
  • Shoplifting 1,803

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E2 6 residents
9,258

Age bands in E2 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

1,370 residents

Age 15 to 24
19.3%

1,864 residents

Age 25 to 44
44.7%

4,325 residents

Age 45 to 64
16%

1,544 residents

Age 65 and over
5.9%

568 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

116

within 5 km straight-line

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    336 m

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    536 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    690 m

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    716 m

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    757 m

  • THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN

    19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN

    ODS code F84632

    1.2 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.2 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.2 km

  • WELL STREET SURGERY

    28 SHORE ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 7TA

    ODS code F84069

    1.3 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.4 km

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    1.4 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.4 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.5 km

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    1.5 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    1.5 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.6 km

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    1.6 km

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    1.6 km

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

    IVANHOE HOUSE, 130 GROVE ROAD, LONDON, E3 5TW

    ODS code F84055

    1.7 km

  • ELSDALE STREET SURGERY

    28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY

    ODS code F84601

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 116 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Warner Place

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles
  • Warner Place

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles
  • Pritchards Road Bethnal Green

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles
  • Pritchards Road Bethnal Green

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.2 miles
  • Pollard Row

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 005D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,300 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

382 open schools are in scope, including 186 primary and 51 secondary schools. Oaklands School is the nearest published school at 166 m.

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

Recorded crime

23,203 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,933.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,872 events.

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