# E1 3HN: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E1 3HN is a postcode in Tower Hamlets.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Tower Hamlets. Open the map at E1 3HN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1) › [E1 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1-3)

## Around this postcode

- **216 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 9% on July. Tower Hamlets 017C: 56 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **Stepney Green, 480 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **13 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 120 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **No property in E1 3HN listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 017C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **£447,950 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **11 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at E1 3HN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **Low road and rail noise at E1 3HN**: Road 53 dB, rail 40 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN
- **19.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stepney Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stepney-park-primary-school-e100917) | Primary | 120 m (1 minute on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Alice Model Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alice-model-nursery-school-e100887) | Nursery | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stepney-all-saints-church-of-england-secondary-school-e100977) | Secondary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 54.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [John Scurr Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-scurr-primary-school-e100906) | Primary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-stepney-green-mathematics-and-computing-college-e144700) | Secondary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 50.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [London Islamic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/london-islamic-school-e132797) | Independent | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Mary and St Michael Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-and-st-michael-primary-school-e131936) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bishop Challoner Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bishop-challoner-catholic-school-e150606) | Secondary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2021, before the school changed | Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2023 | £375,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| November 2024 | £500,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| September 2025 | £400,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| January 2025 | £400,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| April 2026 | £851,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| April 2023 | £390,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| February 2026 | £360,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| May 2026 | £270,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Stepney Green (480 m, 6 minutes on foot); Whitechapel (690 m, 9 minutes on foot); Whitechapel (710 m, 9 minutes on foot); Shadwell (850 m, 11 minutes on foot); Shadwell (890 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD (500 m); ALBION HEALTH CENTRE (570 m); CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP (610 m); HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE (820 m); XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE (940 m)
- Pharmacies: MEDICHEM PHARMACY (490 m); BOOTS (500 m); JAYPHARM (530 m); REGIONCHOICE LTD (670 m); DMB CHEMIST (680 m)
- Dental practices: ABBEY DENTAL (530 m); WHITECHAPEL DENTAL SURGERY (530 m); EAST SIDE DENTAL PRACTICE (530 m); MILE END DENTAL PRACTICE (560 m); THE SECOND FLOOR DENTAL PRACTICE (700 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Mile End Rd Lond Express (350 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Tower Hamlets Commercial Road Local (500 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Stepney Green Station Local (510 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Stepney Green Express (520 m, Tesco); Iceland Stepney (630 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £447,950** (August 2026). Tower Hamlets’s average house price was £447,950 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 13.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £52,000** (2025). Full-time workers living in Tower Hamlets earned a median of £52,000 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 9th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.6×** (2025). A home in Tower Hamlets costs 8.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 101st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 30.6** (2025). Tower Hamlets has a deprivation score of 30.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 34th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Tower Hamlets 017C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 42.9** (2025). Tower Hamlets 017C has a deprivation score of 42.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,837th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,599** (2021). Tower Hamlets 017C had 1,599 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,168th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 84.7%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 017C, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 9.6%** (August 2026). In Tower Hamlets 017C, 9.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## E1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £463,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in E1 was £463,750 in 2025. 383rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 77,599** (2021). E1 had 77,599 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 27th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in E1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 78.8%** (January 2026). In E1, 78.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)
- Centre: 51.5181, -0.0500

Council: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bethnal Green and Stepney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bethnal-green-and-stepney): Rushanara Ali (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.0500,51.5181,E13HN

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