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Brick Lane North

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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 high deprivation and very high crime levels, with around 121 crimes per 1,000 residents per year. 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 4 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 area has 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
121
Deprivation level
8/10
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
60.53(+127%)
Violence and sexual offences
35.36(+16%)
Other theft
18.66(+60%)
Theft from the person
10.56(+1%)
Burglary
10.19(+84%)
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

Based on 56 recent sales, the median property price is £547,500 in Brick Lane North area, with individual transactions ranging from £275,000 up to £2,100,000.

Price distribution per property type (last year)

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

Median sale price and percentiles per property type (last year)

Median sale price, sales count, and percentile information for each property type in Brick Lane North over the last year.
TypeSalesMedian
Flats53£540,000
Terraced3£870,000

10 years median price trend in Brick Lane North

Ten year median sale price trend for each property type in Brick Lane North.

All postcodes in Brick Lane North

E15EG

Buxton Street

E15FQ

Pedley Street

E16GX

Weavers

E26EY

Buckfast Street

E26GX

Turin Street

E26NW

Weavers

E16GP

Weavers

E16GU

Avantgarde Place

E27BH

Barnet Grove

E27DP

Redchurch Street

E15FB

Fakruddin Street

E27HG

Ligonier Street

E27HP

Old Nichol Street

E26BQ

Turin Street

E26DB

Barnet Grove

E26AS

Carly Mews

E27ET

Montclare Street

E26HJ

Derbyshire Street

E16SA

Brick Lane

E26AB

Bethnal Green Road

E26AE

Florida Street

E26GS

Dunbridge Street

E26JA

Dunbridge Street

E27BQ

Wellington Row

E27DT

Durant Street

E15FY

Buxton Street

E15EH

Bratley Street

E26ED

Cheshire Street

E16HT

Bethnal Green Road

E26FF

Hare Marsh

E26FN

Satchwell Road

E16SE

Brick Lane

E26BN

Turin Street

E26BY

Turin Street

E16GT

Avantgarde Place

E26BE

Turin Street

E26FE

Cheshire Street

E26GR

Weavers

E26NL

Lorden Walk

E27HR

Old Nichol Street

E27BL

Tillett Way

E27HX

Turville Street

E26DY

Bacon Street

E26ET

Wood Close

E26AD

Barnet Grove

E26AL

Florida Street

E27EW

Gibraltar Walk

E26AY

Turin Street

E26BB

Turin Street

E26BG

Turin Street

E26BS

Turin Street

E26ES

Grimsby Street

E26NN

Gosset Street

E16JT

Chance Street

E26DR

Granby Street

E26NT

Gosset Street

E27EN

Gibraltar Walk

E26BA

Turin Street

E26HL

Derbyshire Street

E26JD

Dunbridge Street

E27GR

Redchurch Street

E16ST

Quaker Street

E26HU

Ramsey Street

E26GJ

Buckfast Street

E26AT

Florida Street

E26EH

Cheshire Street

E16JX

Club Row

E26NU

Roberta Street

E27HA

Camlet Street

E26BP

Turin Street

E26BZ

Turin Street

E26HS

Ramsey Street

E26AU

Turin Street

E26NJ

Turin Street

E27HJ

Boundary Street

E26DN

Granby Street

E16JY

Weavers

E16LA

Bethnal Green Road

E26BJ

Turin Street

E26DA

Kingsland Road

E26EL

Cheshire Street

E27HB

Club Row

E15FA

Pedley Street

E26EQ

Cheshire Street

E26DU

Oakley Yard

E15ES

Bratley Street

E26AX

Turin Street

E26AJ

Squirries Street

E27EY

Club Row

E16GS

Avantgarde Place

E26ER

Cheshire Street

E26AR

Turin Street

E26EA

Chilton Street

E27LN

Chambord Street

E16GR

Avantgarde Place

E26FB

Weavers

E27EX

Montclare Street

E26BW

Turin Street

E26DZ

Chilton Street

E15ER

Code Street

Data Sources

All data is sourced from official UK government agencies and public datasets. Last updated: 16/01/2026.