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

E1W 1YQ 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 1YQ 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

- **149 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 15% on July. Tower Hamlets 027B: 287 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **Tower Gateway, 690 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **7 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **No property in E1W 1YQ 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=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 027B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 90 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **14 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 30 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at E1W 1YQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at E1W 1YQ**: Road 59 dB, rail 43 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **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=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ
- **19.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hermitage Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hermitage-primary-school-e151013) | Primary | 180 m (2 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Mulberry Academy London Dock](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-academy-london-dock-e143716) | Secondary | 280 m (3 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pauls-whitechapel-church-of-england-primary-school-e100959) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 72% 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 | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Michael's Catholic College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-catholic-college-e150937) | Secondary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 58.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-e149346) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Harry Gosling Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harry-gosling-primary-school-e131737) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Riverside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/riverside-primary-school-e100808) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £695,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| September 2023 | £615,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| November 2025 | £415,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| January 2026 | £395,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| March 2024 | £550,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| April 2024 | £485,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| April 2026 | £880,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2026 | £434,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Tower Gateway (690 m, 9 minutes on foot); Tower Hill (750 m, 9 minutes on foot); Wapping (820 m, 10 minutes on foot); Shadwell (880 m, 11 minutes on foot); Shadwell (920 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE (90 m); THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE (570 m); THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY (710 m); GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE (770 m)
- Pharmacies: CITY DOCK PHARMACY (160 m); TOWER PHARMACY (570 m); THE WELLNESS PHARMACY (630 m); SAI PHARMACY (770 m); CHAPEL PHARMACY (840 m)
- Dental practices: HERMITAGE CLINIC (390 m); LONDENT ORAL CARE (660 m); WAPPING DENTAL CENTRE (680 m); NOVELTY ORTHODONTICS LTD (740 m); CARE DENTAL PRACTICE (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose St Katharine Docks (30 m, Waitrose); Sainsburys Wapping London Dock Local (260 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Petrol St Kathrines (410 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco St Katharines Way Express (460 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Wapping Lane Local (690 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £447,796** (July 2026). Tower Hamlets’s average house price was £447,796 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 14.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 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 16 September 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: 51.5066, -0.0672

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), July 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=-0.0672,51.5066,E1W1YQ

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