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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

E16SW

Grey Eagle Street

E20AG

Bethnal Green Road

E27DF

Old Nichol Street

E27EL

Gibraltar Walk

E16JU

Chance Street

E26BL

Turin Street

E27JT

Arnold Circus

E27LB

Palissy Street

E16GJ

Pedley Street

E20AA

Bethnal Green Road

E26AH

Bethnal Green Road

E26BH

Turin Street

E26DG

Bethnal Green Road

E26DX

Fuller Close

E27JA

Swanfield Street

E26DW

Granby Street

E16LD

Richmix Square

E16LF

Bacon Street

E26BX

Turin Street

E15BU

Fakruddin Street

E15FU

Weaver Street

E26BU

Turin Street

E15AR

Buxton Street

E16JW

Bethnal Green Road

E16SJ

Sheba Place

E16SZ

Quaker Street

E27BD

Gosset Street

E27EJ

Gibraltar Walk

E26DP

Kerbela Street

E27DW

Swanfield Street

E26AW

Roberta Street

E26JE

Voss Street

E26NH

Turin Street

E16LB

Weavers

E26HT

Vallance Road

E16SB

Brick Lane

E26AN

Roberta Street

E26BD

Turin Street

E16HR

Sclater Street

E27BA

Wellington Row

E27BF

Delta Street

E26EG

Cheshire Street

E26EJ

Cheshire Street

E26FD

Cheshire Street

E27HE

Camlet Street

E16GQ

Weavers

E26DT

St Matthews Row

E27GP

Redchurch Street

E27HH

Ligonier Street

E16SX

Quaker Street

E16SY

Quaker Street

E26AZ

Turin Street

E26BT

Turin Street

E26EE

Cheshire Street

E26GL

Buckfast Street

E27LD

Palissy Street

E16FU

Sclater Street

E16GW

Cygnet Street

E26EF

Goldman Close

E27DJ

Redchurch Street

E26EX

Hereford Street

E26HE

Weavers

E27JB

Chance Street

Data Sources

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