CABLE STREET, E1 0BL House Prices & Local Information

E1 0BL is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Cable Street, 0.3km from St George in the East in Tower Hamlets. Administratively it sits within Shadwell ward and the Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a neighbourhood popular with working professionals and graduates. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. An average age of 31 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 63% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants. Employment levels are high (59% in full-time work) — a well-connected, economically active community.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 85 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Prices average £580k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for E1 0BL are sourced from Output Area E00021650 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.