E2 9BF

Bethnal Green West · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E2 9EU 27 m
E2 9EG 35 m
E2 9ES 39 m
E2 9ER 43 m
E2 9FP 51 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E2 9BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E2
Postcode sector
E2 9
Latitude
51.532098
Longitude
-0.059410
British National Grid easting
534,700
British National Grid northing
183,250

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Output area
E00167244
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 002E · E01035660
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 002 · E02000865

Postcode source versions

Explore E2

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Fairchild House, 3, Flat 7, Cambridge Crescent, London, E2 9BF 8 November 2024 £390,000
Fairchild House, 3, Flat 17, Cambridge Crescent, London, E2 9BF 28 October 2024 £550,000
Fairchild House, 3, Flat 18, Cambridge Crescent, London, E2 9BF 10 May 2024 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
377
Primary
181
Secondary
47
  1. Oaklands School

    Community school

    355 m
  2. Mowlem Primary School

    Community school

    396 m
  3. St John's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    420 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
19,917
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,305
  • Anti social behaviour 2,420
  • Theft from the person 1,849
  • Other theft 1,764
  • Shoplifting 1,622

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

24 female, 35 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
3.0
E2 9 residents
9,537

Age bands in E2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,685 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.2%

1,400 residents

Age 25 to 44
41.9%

4,143 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.9%

1,964 residents

Age 65 and over
7%

687 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E2 9 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

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    220 m

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    522 m

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    666 m

  • THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN

    19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN

    ODS code F84632

    801 m

  • WELL STREET SURGERY

    28 SHORE ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 7TA

    ODS code F84069

    928 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.0 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84051

    1.1 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    1.3 km

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    1.3 km

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    1.3 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.4 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.4 km

  • ELSDALE STREET SURGERY

    28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY

    ODS code F84601

    1.4 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.4 km

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84055

    1.4 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.5 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.7 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.7 km

  • LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE

    4 HOMERTON TERRACE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6RT

    ODS code F84719

    1.8 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.8 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

  • Cambridge Heath Station

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles
  • Pritchards Road Bethnal Green

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cambridge Heath Station

    BCT · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cambridge Heath (London) Rail Station

    RLY · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles
  • Cambridge Heath Station

    RSE · Bethnal Green

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 002E, 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

6,552 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
1 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £640,000 from 10 recorded sales in E2 9BF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tower Hamlets is £456,898 in June 2026, down 13.1% year on year.

Schools

377 open schools are in scope, including 181 primary and 47 secondary schools. Oaklands School is the nearest published school at 355 m.

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

Recorded crime

19,917 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,659.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,305 events.

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