# E1W 2JW: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E1W 2JW 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 2JW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E1W](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w) › [E1W 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w-2)

## Around this postcode

- **150 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 9% on July. Tower Hamlets 026A: 111 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **Wapping, 590 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **10 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 190 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **31 of 31 properties in E1W 2JW at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 026A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **14 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **65.6% can get gigabit broadband at E1W 2JW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **Low road and rail noise at E1W 2JW**: Road 45 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **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=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW
- **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=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hermitage Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hermitage-primary-school-e151013) | Primary | 190 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 | 330 m (4 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 | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-london-docks-cofe-primary-school-e100960) | Primary | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Jamiatul Ummah School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/jamiatul-ummah-school-e131388) | Independent | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Riverside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/riverside-primary-school-e100808) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bigland Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bigland-green-primary-school-e100939) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, March 2024 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Michael's Catholic College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-catholic-college-e150937) | Secondary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 58.7 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £880,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2026 | £430,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 20 m |
| June 2026 | £328,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| July 2026 | £680,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| March 2025 | £420,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| July 2024 | £1,075,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| December 2024 | £610,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| July 2024 | £575,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Wapping (590 m, 7 minutes on foot); Shadwell (720 m, 9 minutes on foot); Shadwell (760 m, 9 minutes on foot); Tower Gateway (890 m, 11 minutes on foot); Bermondsey (950 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE (310 m); THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE (340 m); THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY (820 m); GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE (840 m); CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP (1 km)
- Pharmacies: CITY DOCK PHARMACY (260 m); TOWER PHARMACY (340 m); ALI'S PHARMACY (760 m); CHAPEL PHARMACY (780 m); THE WELLNESS PHARMACY (840 m)
- Dental practices: HERMITAGE CLINIC (270 m); WAPPING DENTAL CENTRE (490 m); CARE DENTAL PRACTICE (830 m); LONDENT ORAL CARE (870 m); M P DENTAL PRACTICE (940 m)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose St Katharine Docks (240 m, Waitrose); Co-op Petrol St Kathrines (330 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Wapping London Dock Local (370 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Wapping Lane Local (460 m, Sainsburys); Tesco St Katharines Way Express (700 m, Tesco)

## 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 026A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.5** (2025). Tower Hamlets 026A has a deprivation score of 5.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,362nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £637,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 026A was £637,500 in 2025. Joint 2,173rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,672** (2021). Tower Hamlets 026A had 1,672 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,710th 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: 91.9%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 026A, 91.9% 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: 51.5065, -0.0638

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=-0.0638,51.5065,E1W2JW

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