E17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Walthamstow, Central Parade and Unity Place, in Waltham Forest.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an E17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In E17, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How E17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E17 at a rate of 105.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across E.
In August 2026 alone, 977 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,078), anti-social behaviour (2,925) and other crime (1,957).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E17 was 113.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in E17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E17 has no single figure. Of its 55 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 17 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest 008B | 1,904 | 88.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Waltham Forest 009A | 2,029 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.8% |
| Waltham Forest 009B | 1,890 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| Waltham Forest 009C | 1,898 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.2% |
| Waltham Forest 009D | 1,870 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Waltham Forest 009E | 2,588 | 138.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Waltham Forest 010A | 1,792 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Waltham Forest 010B | 2,947 | 97.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.6% |
| Waltham Forest 010C | 1,837 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Waltham Forest 010D | 1,849 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| Waltham Forest 011A | 2,091 | 131.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Waltham Forest 011B | 1,796 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.1% |
| Waltham Forest 011C | 2,184 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Waltham Forest 011D | 2,047 | 190.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Waltham Forest 011E | 2,355 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.7% |
| Waltham Forest 012A | 1,995 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Waltham Forest 012B | 1,907 | 102.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| Waltham Forest 012C | 2,038 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Waltham Forest 012D | 1,666 | 86.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| Waltham Forest 012E | 2,047 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Waltham Forest 013A | 1,632 | 169.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.4% |
| Waltham Forest 013B | 1,845 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| Waltham Forest 013C | 1,729 | 172.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.2% |
| Waltham Forest 013D | 1,926 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.2% |
| Waltham Forest 013E | 1,671 | 118.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| Waltham Forest 013F | 1,776 | 118.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Waltham Forest 014A | 2,326 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| Waltham Forest 014B | 1,691 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.2% |
| Waltham Forest 014C | 2,368 | 117.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| Waltham Forest 014D | 2,852 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Waltham Forest 014F | 2,014 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Waltham Forest 014G | 1,655 | 125.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.5% |
| Waltham Forest 015A | 1,788 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Waltham Forest 015B | 1,607 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Waltham Forest 015C | 1,719 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.0% |
| Waltham Forest 015D | 2,354 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.7% |
| Waltham Forest 015E | 1,779 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.9% |
| Waltham Forest 016A | 1,846 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Waltham Forest 016B | 1,732 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Waltham Forest 016C | 1,774 | 151.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.1% |
| Waltham Forest 016D | 1,981 | 168.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| Waltham Forest 016E | 2,235 | 114.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Waltham Forest 016F | 1,862 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Waltham Forest 017A | 2,565 | 198.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.7% |
| Waltham Forest 017B | 2,003 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Waltham Forest 017C | 2,908 | 480.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.0% |
| Waltham Forest 017D | 2,820 | 143.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| Waltham Forest 017E | 2,668 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Waltham Forest 018A | 1,700 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| Waltham Forest 018B | 2,132 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Waltham Forest 018C | 2,088 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| Waltham Forest 018D | 1,931 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| Waltham Forest 018E | 1,892 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.8% |
| Waltham Forest 020B | 1,716 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Waltham Forest 022C | 1,989 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.0% |
MPs for E17
- Ms Stella CreasyLabour (Co-op)MP for Walthamstow97% of E17’s postcodes
- Sir Iain Duncan SmithConservativeMP for Chingford and Woodford Green2.4% of E17’s postcodes
- Mr Calvin BaileyLabourMP for Leyton and Wanstead0.5% of E17’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in E1710
Postcode sectors in E178
Council1
Towns in E171
Postcode districts next to E1710
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E17 in brief
E17 is a postcode district covering Walthamstow, Central Parade and Unity Place, in Waltham Forest.
About 114,797 people lived in E17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £545,000 in 2025 across 1,220 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 105.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E17 was £545,000 in 2025.
E17 had 112,695 usual residents at the census.
In E17, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In E17, 6.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.