E2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bethnal Green, Haggerston and Globe Town, in Tower Hamlets and Hackney.
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 E2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in E2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How E2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E2 at a rate of 151.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 820 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,840), anti-social behaviour (1,791) and other crime (1,499).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E2 was 153.7 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.
Deprivation in E2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E2 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 12 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney 024B | 1,987 | 170.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.9% |
| Hackney 024C | 1,634 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Hackney 025E | 2,483 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.8% |
| Hackney 025F | 1,709 | 143.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Hackney 033A | 2,633 | 184.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 75.2% |
| Hackney 033B | 1,447 | 602.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 002B | 1,490 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Tower Hamlets 002C | 1,695 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 002D | 1,689 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 002E | 1,446 | 347.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 002F | 1,643 | 148.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 005A | 1,502 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 005B | 2,019 | 138.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 62.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 005C | 1,808 | 191.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 005D | 1,868 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 006A | 1,845 | 136.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 006C | 1,580 | 162.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 72.6% |
| Tower Hamlets 006E | 2,506 | 177.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 007A | 1,753 | 248.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.5% |
| Tower Hamlets 007B | 1,785 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Tower Hamlets 007D | 1,452 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 009A | 1,525 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 009B | 2,125 | 185.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.7% |
| Tower Hamlets 009C | 1,039 | 222.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 36.3% |
| Tower Hamlets 009E | 2,073 | 198.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 010E | 2,516 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 010F | 1,614 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 011D | 2,231 | 208.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 79.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 011F | 2,452 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.5% |
| Tower Hamlets 013D | 1,629 | 295.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.9% |
MPs for E2
- Rushanara AliLabourMP for Bethnal Green and Stepney80% of E2’s postcodes
- Dame Meg HillierLabour (Co-op)MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch20% of E2’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.
Middle areas in E26
Postcode sectors in E26
Councils E2 covers2
Towns in E22
Postcode districts next to E26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E2 in brief
E2 is a postcode district covering Bethnal Green, Haggerston and Globe Town, in Tower Hamlets and Hackney.
About 52,719 people lived in E2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £520,000 in 2025 across 383 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 151.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E2 was £520,000 in 2025.
E2 had 50,672 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in E2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E2, 82.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.