EC2M
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Spitalfields, Shoreditch and Clerkenwell, in City of London and Islington.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an EC2M postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In EC2M, 74.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How EC2M compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is EC2M safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EC2M at a rate of 3,941.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 443.9 per 1,000 people across EC.
In August 2026 alone, 241 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EC2M.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (1,186), violence and sexual offences (575) and shoplifting (424).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EC2M was 4,410.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
MPs for EC2M
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster81% of EC2M’s postcodes
- Emily ThornberryLabourMP for Islington South and Finsbury15% of EC2M’s postcodes
- Rushanara AliLabourMP for Bethnal Green and Stepney2.5% of EC2M’s postcodes
- Dame Meg HillierLabour (Co-op)MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch1.9% of EC2M’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Postcode sectors in EC2M7
Councils EC2M covers2
Postcode districts next to EC2M6
Nearest rail stations4
More in the EC postcode area2
EC2M in brief
EC2M is a postcode district covering Spitalfields, Shoreditch and Clerkenwell, in City of London and Islington.
About 784 people lived in EC2M in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 3,941.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
EC2M had 345 usual residents at the census.
In EC2M, 74.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
96.5% of residents in EC2M were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
3.2% of residents in EC2M were aged 65 or over at the census.