E2 8HL

Hoxton East & Shoreditch · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Hackney
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E2 8HH 0 m
E2 8HT 34 m
E2 8HS 56 m
E2 8HE 58 m
E2 8DD 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E2 8HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 8
Latitude
51.528459
Longitude
-0.076490
British National Grid easting
533,526
British National Grid northing
182,814

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Parish or community
E43000202
Output area
E00176278
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 033B · E01033706
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 033 · E02007111

Postcode source versions

Explore E2

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, Waterson Street, London, E2 8HL 19 February 2015 £310,000
12, Waterson Street, London, E2 8HL 28 March 2008 £348,975
12, Waterson Street, London, E2 8HL 5 November 2004 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
381
Primary
195
Secondary
50
  1. Columbia Market Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    158 m
  2. Virginia Primary School

    Academy converter

    237 m
  3. St Monica's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    284 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
26,450
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,847
  • Theft from the person 3,314
  • Other theft 3,046
  • Anti social behaviour 2,713
  • Shoplifting 2,677

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
E2 8 residents
8,986

Age bands in E2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

1,184 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.5%

1,296 residents

Age 25 to 44
48.1%

4,313 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.9%

1,605 residents

Age 65 and over
6.3%

561 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E2 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

122

within 5 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    200 m

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    626 m

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    868 m

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    911 m

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    911 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    943 m

  • CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    CITY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, UNIT 1-3 GROUND FLOOR, CITY HOUSE, 190-196 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2QH

    ODS code F83064

    1.0 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.1 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.2 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.3 km

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    1.4 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    1.4 km

  • NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE

    287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA

    ODS code F83034

    1.5 km

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    1.5 km

  • ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS

    ODS code F83012

    1.6 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.6 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.8 km

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    1.8 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    1.8 km

  • ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    16 1/2 ST PETER'S STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 8JG

    ODS code F83032

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 122 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hackney Road / Columbia Road

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.0 miles
  • Shoreditch Church

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.1 miles
  • Waterson Street

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.1 miles
  • Shoreditch Church

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.1 miles
  • Hoxton Station

    BCT · Hoxton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 033B, 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

12,934 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

381 open schools are in scope, including 195 primary and 50 secondary schools. Columbia Market Nursery School is the nearest published school at 158 m.

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

Recorded crime

26,450 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,204.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,847 events.

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