# E2 8QG: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E2 8QG 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 8QG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2) › [E2 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2-8)

## Around this postcode

- **190 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 27% on July. Tower Hamlets 005B: 138 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **Cambridge Heath, 520 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **14 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 220 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **No property in E2 8QG 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=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 005B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 530 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **11 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **No gigabit broadband at E2 8QG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **Moderate road and rail noise at E2 8QG**: Road 62 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **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=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG
- **19.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park](https://openindex.co.uk/school/city-of-london-academy-shoreditch-park-e143756) | Secondary | 220 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 50.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Sebright School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sebright-school-e100240) | Primary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, July 2025 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oaklands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oaklands-school-e100972) | Secondary | 350 m (4 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 47.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [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 | – |
| [Lawdale Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lawdale-junior-school-e100907) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Columbia Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/columbia-primary-school-e150662) | Primary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Haggerston School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/haggerston-school-e149901) | Secondary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022, before the school changed | Attainment 8 of 53.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Mulberry Academy Shoreditch](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-academy-shoreditch-e137789) | Secondary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2022 | Attainment 8 of 46.5 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £1,300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2025 | £540,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| June 2026 | £775,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| March 2026 | £386,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| September 2025 | £720,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| July 2026 | £555,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| March 2026 | £890,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| January 2026 | £98,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Cambridge Heath (520 m, 7 minutes on foot); Hoxton (750 m, 9 minutes on foot); Bethnal Green (810 m, 10 minutes on foot); Bethnal Green (940 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR. (530 m); THE MISSION PRACTICE (580 m); LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE (590 m); STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE (690 m); THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR. (880 m)
- Pharmacies: BEE PHARMACY (430 m); PHLO-DIGITAL PHARMACY (450 m); COLUMBIA PHARMACY (540 m); FLORIDA PHARMACY (570 m); THE OLD MAIDS PHARMACY (570 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (190 m); CHRYSANTH DENTAL CARE (540 m); 37-39 (620 m); DENTAL SURGERY (620 m); AP DENTAL PRACTICE (650 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Tower Hamlets Allgood Street Local (380 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Hackney Rd Express (380 m, Tesco); Co-op Hackney - Cambridge Heath Road (560 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Bethnal Express (570 m, Tesco); Planet Organic Broadway Market (580 m, Planet Organic)

## 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 005B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 24.9** (2025). Tower Hamlets 005B has a deprivation score of 24.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 11,146th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £560,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 005B was £560,000 in 2025. Joint 3,355th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,019** (2021). Tower Hamlets 005B had 2,019 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,999th 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: 62.2%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 005B, 62.2% 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.

## 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: 51.5317, -0.0648

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=-0.0648,51.5317,E28QG

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