Schools
372 open schools are in scope, including 186 primary and 48 secondary schools. Oaklands School is the nearest published school at 277 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
E2 6QJ
Bethnal Green West · Tower Hamlets · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bethnal Green West
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Postcode district
- E2
- Postcode sector
- E2 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- E2 6QJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- E
- Postcode district
- E2
- Postcode sector
- E2 6
- Latitude
- 51.531696
- Longitude
- -0.062310
- British National Grid easting
- 534,500
- British National Grid northing
- 183,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Tower Hamlets · E09000030
- Electoral ward
- Bethnal Green West · E05009331
- Parish or community
- E43000220
- Westminster constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
- Output area
- E00021155
- Lower layer super output area
- Tower Hamlets 005A · E01004200
- Middle layer super output area
- Tower Hamlets 005 · E02000868
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore E2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 372
- Primary
- 186
- Secondary
- 48
- 277 m
Oaklands School
Community school
- 334 m
City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
Free schools
- 355 m
Sebright School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 21,544
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5,551
- Anti social behaviour 2,525
- Theft from the person 2,178
- Other theft 2,015
- Shoplifting 1,728
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%
- Age 15 to 24
- 19.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 44.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 16%
- Age 65 and over
- 5.9%
1,370 residents
1,864 residents
4,325 residents
1,544 residents
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
120
within 5 km
THE MISSION PRACTICE
MISSION MEDICAL PRACTICE, 208 CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E2 9LS
ODS code F84016
408 m
LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ
ODS code F84021
546 m
BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.
60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL
ODS code F84083
548 m
STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU
ODS code F84051
856 m
THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.
10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA
ODS code F84718
903 m
THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN
19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN
ODS code F84632
930 m
WELL STREET SURGERY
28 SHORE ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 7TA
ODS code F84069
1.1 km
THE LAWSON PRACTICE
ST LEONARDS, 85 NUTTALL ST, LONDON, N1 5HZ
ODS code F84096
1.2 km
QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE
24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP
ODS code F84117
1.3 km
RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN
ODS code F84035
1.3 km
DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY
30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT
ODS code F84072
1.3 km
ALBION HEALTH CENTRE
333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU
ODS code F84012
1.3 km
SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE
26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA
ODS code F84123
1.4 km
ELSDALE STREET SURGERY
28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY
ODS code F84601
1.6 km
XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE
BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG
ODS code F84122
1.6 km
HEALTH E1
9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU
ODS code F84733
1.6 km
THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY
IVANHOE HOUSE, 130 GROVE ROAD, LONDON, E3 5TW
ODS code F84055
1.6 km
THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE
20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB
ODS code F84081
1.7 km
BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH
ODS code F84038
1.7 km
SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY
6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR
ODS code F84635
1.7 km
Showing 20 of 120 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Pritchards Road Bethnal Green
BCT · Bethnal Green
- 0.1 miles
Pritchards Road Bethnal Green
BCT · Bethnal Green
- 0.1 miles
Warner Place
BCT · Bethnal Green
- 0.1 miles
Warner Place
BCT · Bethnal Green
- 0.2 miles
Cambridge Heath Station
BCT · Bethnal Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 005A, 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
12,777 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
Recorded crime
21,544 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,795.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,551 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.