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

E1W 3QZ 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 3QZ 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

- **95 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 19% on July. Tower Hamlets 025D: 113 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **Shadwell, 310 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **11 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 150 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **No property in E1W 3QZ 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=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 025D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 490 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **10 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at E1W 3QZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **Low road and rail noise at E1W 3QZ**: Road 52 dB, rail 46 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **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=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ
- **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=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blue Gate Fields Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blue-gate-fields-junior-school-e100895) | Primary | 150 m (2 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 | 150 m (2 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | – |
| [St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-london-docks-cofe-primary-school-e100960) | Primary | 350 m (4 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bishop Challoner Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bishop-challoner-catholic-school-e150606) | Secondary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2021, before the school changed | Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Jamiatul Ummah School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/jamiatul-ummah-school-e131388) | Independent | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Mary and St Michael Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-and-st-michael-primary-school-e131936) | Primary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 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 | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, March 2024 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Mulberry School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-school-for-girls-e143629) | Secondary | 680 m (9 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), April 2024 | Attainment 8 of 57.2 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £495,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| October 2025 | £512,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| August 2023 | £417,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| March 2023 | £322,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| August 2026 | £315,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| June 2025 | £400,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| April 2025 | £525,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| March 2024 | £985,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Shadwell (310 m, 4 minutes on foot); Shadwell (340 m, 4 minutes on foot); Wapping (560 m, 7 minutes on foot); Rotherhithe (940 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE (490 m); CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP (510 m); THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD (540 m); ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE (940 m)
- Pharmacies: ALI'S PHARMACY (320 m); TOWER PHARMACY (490 m); DMB CHEMIST (550 m); BOOTS (560 m); JAYPHARM (590 m)
- Dental practices: WAPPING DENTAL CENTRE (320 m); ALDGATE HOUSE DENTAL CARE (730 m); CARE DENTAL PRACTICE (800 m); DENTAL SURGERY (850 m); HERMITAGE CLINIC (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Wapping Lane Local (550 m, Sainsburys); Iceland Stepney (570 m, Iceland); Sainsburys Tower Hamlets Commercial Road Local (590 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Petrol St Kathrines (660 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Commercial Rd Express (680 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 025D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 32.1** (2025). Tower Hamlets 025D has a deprivation score of 32.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,307th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £510,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 025D was £510,250 in 2025. 4,471st most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,871** (2021). Tower Hamlets 025D had 2,871 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 194th 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: 88.8%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 025D, 88.8% 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: 51.5092, -0.0539

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=-0.0539,51.5092,E1W3QZ

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