# E2 6NL: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E2 6NL 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 E2 6NL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2) › [E2 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2-6)

## Around this postcode

- **237 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 19% on July. Tower Hamlets 009A: 77 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **Shoreditch High Street, 630 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **16 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 60 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **No property in E2 6NL listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 009A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **16 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 220 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **No gigabit broadband at E2 6NL**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **Moderate road and rail noise at E2 6NL**: Road 55 dB, rail 43 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **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=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL
- **20.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mulberry Academy Shoreditch](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-academy-shoreditch-e137789) | Secondary | 60 m (1 minute on foot) | Good (overall), September 2022 | Attainment 8 of 46.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Columbia Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/columbia-primary-school-e150662) | Primary | 220 m (3 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [William Davis Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/william-davis-primary-school-e100943) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Elizabeth Selby Infants' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elizabeth-selby-infants-school-e100908) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | – |
| [Columbia Market Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/columbia-market-nursery-school-e100884) | Nursery | 390 m (5 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | – |
| [Brick Lane School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brick-lane-school-e149018) | Special | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Lawdale Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lawdale-junior-school-e100907) | Primary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Virginia Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/virginia-primary-school-e151832) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, October 2021 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2024 | £870,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| December 2025 | £465,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 30 m |
| September 2025 | £275,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| September 2025 | £450,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| August 2026 | £235,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| June 2023 | £315,750 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| July 2026 | £320,100 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £338,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Shoreditch High Street (630 m, 8 minutes on foot); Hoxton (660 m, 8 minutes on foot); Bethnal Green (750 m, 9 minutes on foot); Bethnal Green (920 m, 11 minutes on foot); Cambridge Heath (950 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR. (320 m); STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE (440 m); THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR. (470 m); THE MISSION PRACTICE (960 m)
- Pharmacies: COLUMBIA PHARMACY (170 m); FLORIDA PHARMACY (270 m); THE OLD MAIDS PHARMACY (270 m); BOOTS (630 m); MEDSWAY PHARMACY (820 m)
- Dental practices: AP DENTAL PRACTICE (200 m); DENTAL SURGERY (640 m); DENTAL SURGERY (650 m); HOXTON DENTAL (680 m); BESPOKE DENTAL & IMPLANT CLINIC (750 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Bethnal Green Express (220 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Tower Hamlets Allgood Street Local (400 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green Road Local (480 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Old St Hackney Express (500 m, Tesco); Tesco Bethnal Express (500 m, Tesco)

## 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 009A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 41.6** (2025). Tower Hamlets 009A has a deprivation score of 41.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,169th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,525** (2021). Tower Hamlets 009A had 1,525 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,162nd 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: 90.2%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 009A, 90.2% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 7.3%** (August 2026). In Tower Hamlets 009A, 7.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## E2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £520,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in E2 was £520,000 in 2025. Joint 248th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 50,672** (2021). E2 had 50,672 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 198th 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: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in E2 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: 82.7%** (January 2026). In E2, 82.7% 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: 51.5274, -0.0688

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

## Your MP

- [Bethnal Green and Stepney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bethnal-green-and-stepney): Rushanara Ali (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=-0.0688,51.5274,E26NL

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