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About

Brick Lane North runs from Bethnal Green Road down toward the centre of Brick Lane in Tower Hamlets. The street is lined with long-established food businesses and late-night eateries; a continuous queue often forms outside Beigel Bake at 159 Brick Lane, which has traded on the lane for decades. On the western side, the former Truman Brewery occupies several buildings and a cobbled yard that hosts market stalls and pop-up traders at weekends. Small shops, fabric wholesalers and secondhand furniture dealers share the ground floors of old commercial blocks, while narrow side streets lead to rows of former weavers' houses.

The area records layers of migration and industrial use in its buildings and street patterns. Former Huguenot and Jewish premises became tailoring and printing workshops before turning into restaurants and galleries, and traces of that history remain in shopfronts and signage. Street art appears on goods entrances and roller shutters, and markets set up under the brewery arches and along the lane. Travel through Brick Lane North is mainly on foot, where the sequence of shops, yards and alleys makes the neighbourhood legible at street level.

Area overview

On average Brick Lane North has very high deprivation and very high crime levels, with around 124 crimes per 1,000 residents per year, in line with the London average of 130 per 1,000. Approximately 37.6% of homes in this area are social housing provided by a local council or housing association. The average income per household in Brick Lane North is £69,280 per year. There are 3 schools in Brick Lane North: 2 primary (1 Outstanding and 1 Good) and 1 secondary (0 Outstanding and 1 Good). On average most houses in the area have good public transport connectivity. Brick Lane North is home to around 8,145 people, with a population density of about 17,811.1 per km².

Crime rate
9/10
Crimes per 1k residents
124
Deprivation level
9/10
Income level
4/10
Social housing
37.6%
Connectivity
8/10

Area Profile

Brick Lane North Population
8,145
Population density
17,811.1 per km²

Crime

Crime per 1,000 population

Anti-social behaviour
55.49(+107%)
Violence and sexual offences
36.46(+17%)
Other theft
16.45(+44%)
Shoplifting
13.51(+35%)
Theft from the person
12.03(+28%)
London average

Demographics

Ethnic groups

Bangladeshi
3,096
38.01%
British
1,870
22.96%
Other White
1,296
15.91%
African
338
4.15%
Other
206
2.53%
Total population: 8,145

Economics

Education (age 16+)

Level 4+ (Degree)
3,511
51.54%
No qualifications
1,131
16.6%
Level 3 (A level)
867
12.73%
Level 2 (GCSEs 9-4)
566
8.31%
Level 1 (GCSEs 3-1)
443
6.5%
Total 16+ residents: 6,812

Housing

Housing tenure

Private landlord or letting agency
1,210
37.91%
Social rents from council
788
24.69%
Other social rented
455
14.25%
Owns with a mortgage
385
12.06%
Owns outright
229
7.17%
Total households: 3,192

Property prices in Brick Lane North

Median price£532,500
Price per sq ft£782
Sales (last 12 months)58
Typical range (middle 50%)£438K – £694K

Based on 58 recent sales, the median property price is £532,500 (about £782 per square foot) in Brick Lane North area, with individual transactions ranging from £275,000 up to £2,100,000.

Prices by property typelast 12 months

Median sale price, median price per square foot, sales count, and percentile information for each property type in Brick Lane North over the last year.
TypeSalesMedian£/sq ft
Terraced5£870,000£792
Flats53£506,000£782

10-year price trendmedian sale price in Brick Lane North

Sale price

Ten year median sale price trend for each property type in Brick Lane North.
YearFlatsTerraced
2016£600,000£867,500
2017£640,000£800,000
2018£520,000£700,000
2019£485,000£808,750
2020£505,000£770,000
2021£517,500£817,500
2022£550,000£962,500
2023£590,000£800,000
2024£535,000£1,010,000
2025£522,500£870,000
2026£540,000£747,000
Ten year median sale price trend for each property type in Brick Lane North.

Price per sq ft

Ten year median sale price per square foot trend for each property type in Brick Lane North.
YearFlatsTerraced
2016£901£1,089
2017£989£735
2018£811£650
2019£804£705
2020£769£695
2021£741£722
2022£802£934
2023£778£668
2024£862£920
2025£784£792
2026£770£731
Ten year median sale price per square foot trend for each property type in Brick Lane North.

Price distribution by property typelast 12 months

Price distribution by property type for Brick Lane North in the last year.

Frequently asked questions about Brick Lane North

Is Brick Lane North safe?

Brick Lane North records about 124 crimes per 1,000 residents per year, which is a very high crime rate for England: it scores 9 out of 10 on the Area360 crime scale, where 10 is the highest crime level.

What is the average house price in Brick Lane North?

The median sale price in Brick Lane North is £532,500 (about £782 per square foot) based on 58 registered sales according to HM Land Registry data.

Are there good schools in Brick Lane North?

Brick Lane North has 2 primary schools (1 rated Outstanding, 1 Good) and 1 secondary school (1 Good). Ratings are from the latest Ofsted inspections.

How deprived is Brick Lane North?

Brick Lane North scores 9 out of 10 on the deprivation scale, where 10 is the most deprived. The typical neighbourhood in Brick Lane North sits around rank 8,031 of 32,844 in England on the official Index of Multiple Deprivation (rank 1 is the most deprived).

What is the average household income in Brick Lane North?

The average household income in Brick Lane North is around £69,280 per year, and 38% of homes are social housing (ONS data).

All postcodes in Brick Lane North

E26NN

Gosset Street

E26NW

Weavers

E15ES

Bratley Street

E26DP

Kerbela Street

E27LB

Palissy Street

E26BP

Turin Street

E26FB

Weavers

E15FB

Fakruddin Street

E16GT

Avantgarde Place

E26FF

Hare Marsh

E26NT

Gosset Street

E26NU

Roberta Street

E16GS

Avantgarde Place

E16JU

Chance Street

E16LB

Weavers

E26ET

Wood Close

E26AZ

Turin Street

E26ER

Cheshire Street

E27HJ

Boundary Street

E26AN

Roberta Street

E27GP

Redchurch Street

E16SX

Quaker Street

E16JY

Weavers

E16SA

Brick Lane

E26NL

Lorden Walk

E26DY

Bacon Street

E26BY

Turin Street

E27BF

Delta Street

E26BJ

Turin Street

E26AB

Bethnal Green Road

E26GL

Buckfast Street

E26BN

Turin Street

E26DB

Barnet Grove

E27GR

Redchurch Street

E26NJ

Turin Street

E26AL

Florida Street

E16HT

Bethnal Green Road

E16SE

Brick Lane

E26AX

Turin Street

E27HX

Turville Street

E26BS

Turin Street

E26EY

Buckfast Street

E27ET

Montclare Street

E26HL

Derbyshire Street

E26GJ

Buckfast Street

E27JB

Chance Street

E27EJ

Gibraltar Walk

E26AE

Florida Street

E26DT

St Matthews Row

E26AS

Carly Mews

E27BA

Wellington Row

E27DW

Swanfield Street

E26EE

Cheshire Street

E26BA

Turin Street

E16SW

Grey Eagle Street

E27LD

Palissy Street

E26DZ

Chilton Street

E16GU

Avantgarde Place

E16LA

Bethnal Green Road

E26FD

Cheshire Street

E27BQ

Wellington Row

E15FU

Weaver Street

E16JW

Bethnal Green Road

E26AY

Turin Street

E26EJ

Cheshire Street

E26EF

Goldman Close

E16GJ

Pedley Street

E15ER

Code Street

E26FE

Cheshire Street

E26EH

Cheshire Street

E27HE

Camlet Street

E16ST

Quaker Street

E27HH

Ligonier Street

E27LN

Chambord Street

E26AU

Turin Street

E27JA

Swanfield Street

E26BZ

Turin Street

E26BD

Turin Street

E27HA

Camlet Street

E26AH

Bethnal Green Road

E16FU

Sclater Street

E15FA

Benjamin Truman Close

E27EL

Gibraltar Walk

E26BX

Turin Street

E26BL

Turin Street

E27DP

Redchurch Street

E26NH

Turin Street

E26EA

Chilton Street

E26AJ

Squirries Street

E16GX

Weavers

E26EQ

Cheshire Street

E16GW

Cygnet Street

E26GX

Turin Street

E26HT

Vallance Road

E26BT

Turin Street

E15BU

Fakruddin Street

E15FY

Buxton Street

E16SY

Quaker Street

E15EG

Buxton Street

E26EX

Hereford Street

Data Sources

All data is sourced from official UK government agencies and public datasets. Last updated: 16/07/2026. Read more about how our statistics are calculated.