# E1W 3NQ: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E1W 3NQ 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 3NQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E1W](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w) › [E1W 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w-3)

## Around this postcode

- **67 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 17% on July. Tower Hamlets 027C: 55 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **Wapping, 170 m**: About 2 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 70 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **13 of 13 properties in E1W 3NQ 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=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 027C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **10 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at E1W 3NQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at E1W 3NQ**: Road 60 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **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=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ
- **19.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-london-docks-cofe-primary-school-e100960) | Primary | 70 m (1 minute on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Blue Gate Fields Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blue-gate-fields-junior-school-e100895) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Blue Gate Fields Infants' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blue-gate-fields-infants-school-e100915) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | – |
| [Albion Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/albion-primary-school-e100774) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hermitage Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hermitage-primary-school-e151013) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Jamiatul Ummah School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/jamiatul-ummah-school-e131388) | Independent | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/peter-hills-with-st-marys-and-st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-e100837) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2022 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bishop Challoner Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bishop-challoner-catholic-school-e150606) | Secondary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2021, before the school changed | Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2024 | £1,125,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2023 | £1,675,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| March 2025 | £720,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| January 2024 | £1,000,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| October 2024 | £505,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| June 2026 | £435,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| April 2025 | £465,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| March 2025 | £415,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Wapping (180 m, 2 minutes on foot); Rotherhithe (570 m, 7 minutes on foot); Shadwell (640 m, 8 minutes on foot); Shadwell (680 m, 8 minutes on foot); Canada Water (920 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE (300 m); ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE (590 m); CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP (890 m); THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD (920 m); ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE (960 m)
- Pharmacies: TOWER PHARMACY (300 m); ALI'S PHARMACY (670 m); CAMPION & CO CHEMIST (700 m); CITY DOCK PHARMACY (870 m); DMB CHEMIST (910 m)
- Dental practices: WAPPING DENTAL CENTRE (500 m); DENTAL SURGERY (540 m); HERMITAGE CLINIC (640 m); UNIT 2-3 (780 m); DENTAL SURGERY (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Wapping Lane Local (240 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Petrol St Kathrines (740 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Canada Water Station Local (870 m, Sainsburys); Waitrose St Katharine Docks (880 m, Waitrose); Co-op Rotherhithe Street London (900 m, The Co-operative Group)

## 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 027C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.2** (2025). Tower Hamlets 027C has a deprivation score of 8.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,483rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £540,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 027C was £540,000 in 2025. Joint 3,748th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,917** (2021). Tower Hamlets 027C had 1,917 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 6,849th 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: 93.1%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 027C, 93.1% 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: 51.5057, -0.0546

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=-0.0546,51.5057,E1W3NQ

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