E1 postcode area

The E1 postcode district spans 17 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in City of London, Hackney, Tower Hamlets. Area Scores range from 6 to 84 across them.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the E1 district: Tower Hill & Wapping South scores 84 out of 100 (#1,061 of 6,856 nationally) while Shadwell North sits at 6 — neighbours on the map, 78 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 2 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 12 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £387,500 in Shadwell North to £830,480 in St George in the East & Wapping North — a 2.1× gap within the E1 district. Note that the district straddles 3 local authorities — City of London, Hackney and Tower Hamlets — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Tower Hill & Wapping SouthTower Hamlets 1,06184 £594,000
City of LondonCity of London 1,32181 £800,000
ShoreditchHackney 3,52848 £640,000
St George in the East & Wapping NorthTower Hamlets 4,25538 £830,480
Bow WestTower Hamlets 4,30337 £715,000
AldgateTower Hamlets 4,59833 £550,000
Mile End WestTower Hamlets 5,13225 £525,000
Shadwell Basin & RatcliffeTower Hamlets 5,51620 £506,000
SpitalfieldsTower Hamlets 5,67417 £507,500
Bethnal Green EastTower Hamlets 5,79715 £440,000
Brick Lane NorthTower Hamlets 5,88014 £535,000
Limehouse North & Stepney EastTower Hamlets 6,00312 £450,000
Stepney GreenTower Hamlets 6,03712 £420,000
Bethnal Green CentralTower Hamlets 6,09211 £499,925
WhitechapelTower Hamlets 6,09911 £401,000
Bethnal Green SouthTower Hamlets 6,16110 £448,000
Shadwell NorthTower Hamlets 6,4076 £387,500

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around E1.

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so figures are shown per neighbourhood rather than as a single postcode average — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.