# E14 8BJ: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E14 8BJ is a postcode in Tower Hamlets.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Tower Hamlets. Open the map at E14 8BJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e14) › [E14 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e14-8)

## Around this postcode

- **149 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 16% on July. Tower Hamlets 023F: 205 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **Limehouse, 410 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **No property in E14 8BJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 023F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 450 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at E14 8BJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **Low road and rail noise at E14 8BJ**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ
- **18.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Hamlet School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-hamlet-school-e131023) | Special | 350 m (4 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | – |
| [Cyril Jackson Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cyril-jackson-primary-school-e148681) | Primary | 350 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sir William Burrough Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-william-burrough-primary-school-e137682) | Primary | 390 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stepney-greencoat-church-of-england-primary-school-e100946) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cayley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cayley-primary-school-e100894) | Primary | 680 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/peter-hills-with-st-marys-and-st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-e100837) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2022 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Marion Richardson Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marion-richardson-primary-school-e100911) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), March 2024 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Halley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/halley-primary-school-e100938) | Primary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2025 | £635,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| March 2026 | £400,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 30 m |
| June 2026 | £790,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| September 2023 | £550,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| July 2026 | £515,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| November 2024 | £450,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| March 2025 | £1,060,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| June 2026 | £376,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Limehouse (410 m, 5 minutes on foot); Limehouse (420 m, 5 minutes on foot); Westferry (580 m, 7 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE (450 m); HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE (920 m)
- Pharmacies: MYMEDS PHARMACY (390 m); NASH CHEMIST (480 m); SINCLAIRS (900 m); GREENLIGHT PHARMACY (920 m)
- Dental practices: SALMON LANE DENTAL CARE (390 m); E14 DENTAL CENTRE (480 m); DENTAL SURGERY (BURDETT ROAD) (530 m); SDA DENTAL STUDIO (550 m); SDA DENTAL STUDIO (550 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Limehouse Express (350 m, Tesco); Asda Limehouse Station Express (500 m, Asda); Co-op Rotherhithe Street London (610 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Limehouse Commercial Road Local (610 m, Sainsburys); Lidl Bow Common London (640 m, Lidl)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £447,796** (July 2026). Tower Hamlets’s average house price was £447,796 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 14.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £52,000** (2025). Full-time workers living in Tower Hamlets earned a median of £52,000 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 9th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.6×** (2025). A home in Tower Hamlets costs 8.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 101st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 30.6** (2025). Tower Hamlets has a deprivation score of 30.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 34th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Tower Hamlets 023F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.4** (2025). Tower Hamlets 023F has a deprivation score of 14.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,728th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £495,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 023F was £495,000 in 2025. Joint 4,886th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,924** (2021). Tower Hamlets 023F had 1,924 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 6,711th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.3%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 023F, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## E14 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £495,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in E14 was £495,000 in 2025. Joint 291st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 107,639** (2021). E14 had 107,639 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 6th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 5%** (2022). About 5% of people in E14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.2%** (January 2026). In E14, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)
- Centre: 51.5103, -0.0350

Council: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Poplar and Limehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/poplar-and-limehouse): Apsana Begum (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.0350,51.5103,E148BJ

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