# E1W 1LL: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E1W 1LL 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 E1W 1LL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E1W](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w) › [E1W 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w-1)

## Around this postcode

- **138 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. Tower Hamlets 027B: 287 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **Tower Hill, 440 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 520 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **No property in E1W 1LL listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 027B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **£447,950 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **24 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 80 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **80% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **Low road and rail noise at E1W 1LL**: Road 51 dB, rail 50 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **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=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL
- **23.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mulberry Academy London Dock](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-academy-london-dock-e143716) | Secondary | 520 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Hermitage Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hermitage-primary-school-e151013) | Primary | 520 m (7 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pauls-whitechapel-church-of-england-primary-school-e100959) | Primary | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Tower Bridge Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tower-bridge-primary-school-e100813) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/english-martyrs-roman-catholic-primary-school-e100962) | Primary | 680 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [David Game College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/david-game-college-e100544) | Independent | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-e149346) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Aldgate School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-aldgate-school-e100000) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), June 2024 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £725,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| June 2025 | £3,090,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| February 2026 | £630,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| December 2025 | £825,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| July 2025 | £2,050,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| April 2026 | £570,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| April 2024 | £600,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 220 m |
| July 2026 | £1,921,580 | Terraced, established, freehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Tower Hill (440 m, 5 minutes on foot); Tower Gateway (450 m, 6 minutes on foot); London Fenchurch Street (680 m, 9 minutes on foot); Aldgate (850 m, 11 minutes on foot); Aldgate East (920 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE (310 m); THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY (690 m); GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE (800 m); THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE (960 m)
- Pharmacies: THE WELLNESS PHARMACY (360 m); CITY DOCK PHARMACY (450 m); BOOTS (740 m); BOOTS (790 m); SAI PHARMACY (800 m)
- Dental practices: LONDENT ORAL CARE (410 m); NOVELTY ORTHODONTICS LTD (460 m); THE DENTAL SURGERY (660 m); DENTAL SURGERY (680 m); HERMITAGE CLINIC (720 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco St Katharines Way Express (80 m, Tesco); Waitrose St Katharine Docks (380 m, Waitrose); Sainsburys Wapping London Dock Local (450 m, Sainsburys); Co-op London - America Square (500 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Southwark Tower Bridge Road Local (530 m, Sainsburys)

## 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 027B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.9** (2025). Tower Hamlets 027B has a deprivation score of 7.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,108th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £610,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 027B was £610,000 in 2025. Joint 2,523rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,987** (2021). Tower Hamlets 027B had 1,987 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 5,493rd 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: 73.6%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 027B, 73.6% 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.

## E1W (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £779,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in E1W was £779,250 in 2025. 51st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 15,033** (2021). E1W had 15,033 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,010th least 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 E1W 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: 87.2%** (January 2026). In E1W, 87.2% 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: 51.5068, -0.0728

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

## Your MP

- [Poplar and Limehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/poplar-and-limehouse): Apsana Begum (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)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [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=-0.0728,51.5068,E1W1LL

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w-1ll