E1W
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wapping, St George in the East and Stepney, in Tower Hamlets.
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 E1W postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In E1W, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How E1W compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E1W safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E1W at a rate of 164.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across E.
In August 2026 alone, 245 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E1W.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (637), violence and sexual offences (561) and anti-social behaviour (494).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E1W was 170.3 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 E1W, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E1W has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E1W
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets 022B | 1,450 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 64.1% |
| Tower Hamlets 025D | 2,871 | 113.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 026A | 1,672 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 026D | 2,430 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.0% |
| Tower Hamlets 026E | 1,185 | 258.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Tower Hamlets 027A | 1,911 | 115.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 027B | 1,987 | 286.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.6% |
| Tower Hamlets 027C | 1,917 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.1% |
MPs for E1W
- Apsana BegumLabourMP for Poplar and Limehouse68% of E1W’s postcodes
- Rushanara AliLabourMP for Bethnal Green and Stepney32% of E1W’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 E1W2
Postcode sectors in E1W4
Council1
Towns in E1W1
Postcode districts next to E1W5
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E1W in brief
E1W is a postcode district covering Wapping, St George in the East and Stepney, in Tower Hamlets.
About 15,821 people lived in E1W in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £779,250 in 2025 across 340 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 164.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E1W was £779,250 in 2025.
E1W had 15,033 usual residents at the census.
In E1W, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In E1W, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.