# E1W 9QY: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E1W 9QY 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 9QY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E1W](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w) › [E1W 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1w-9)

## Around this postcode

- **280 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 4% on July. Tower Hamlets 017A: 339 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **Whitechapel, 130 m**: About 2 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **23 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **No property in E1W 9QY listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 017A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **£447,950 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **8 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 120 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **15 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 100 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **89% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **Loud road and rail noise at E1W 9QY**: Road 67 dB, rail 51 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **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=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY
- **20.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Swanlea School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/swanlea-school-e100973) | Secondary | 240 m (3 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), April 2024 | Attainment 8 of 58.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [London Islamic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/london-islamic-school-e132797) | Independent | 330 m (4 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Stewart Headlam Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stewart-headlam-primary-school-e100923) | Primary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2023 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stepney Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stepney-park-primary-school-e100917) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wapping High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wapping-high-school-e138202) | Secondary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 46.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Madani Secondary Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/madani-secondary-girls-school-e100982) | Independent | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Daffodil Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/daffodil-preparatory-school-e149148) | Independent | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [John Scurr Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-scurr-primary-school-e100906) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2024 | £450,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| March 2025 | £1,175,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| June 2024 | £415,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| July 2025 | £592,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| September 2025 | £650,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| May 2024 | £775,000 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 130 m |
| March 2025 | £580,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| November 2023 | £364,200 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Whitechapel (130 m, 2 minutes on foot); Whitechapel (140 m, 2 minutes on foot); Bethnal Green (560 m, 7 minutes on foot); Shadwell (820 m, 10 minutes on foot); Stepney Green (860 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ALBION HEALTH CENTRE (120 m); CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP (620 m); THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR. (720 m); THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD (800 m); THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE (820 m)
- Pharmacies: DAY LEWIS PHARMACY (200 m); JAYPHARM (540 m); REGIONCHOICE LTD (550 m); PHARMACYFORCE (570 m); DMB CHEMIST (590 m)
- Dental practices: ABBEY DENTAL (60 m); WHITECHAPEL DENTAL SURGERY (60 m); EAST SIDE DENTAL PRACTICE (60 m); 2ND FLOOR DENTAL PRACTICE (230 m); THE SECOND FLOOR DENTAL PRACTICE (280 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens Whitechapel London (100 m, Budgens); Sainsburys Whitechapel (240 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Mile End Rd Lond Express (480 m, Tesco); Tesco Commercial Rd Express (510 m, Tesco); Asda Bethnal Green Vallance Road Petrol Filling Station (540 m, Asda)

## 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 017A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 45.2** (2025). Tower Hamlets 017A has a deprivation score of 45.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,306th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,401** (2021). Tower Hamlets 017A had 1,401 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,241st least 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: 88.7%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 017A, 88.7% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 6.6%** (August 2026). In Tower Hamlets 017A, 6.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 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: 51.5190, -0.0581

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

## Your MP

- [Bethnal Green and Stepney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bethnal-green-and-stepney): Rushanara Ali (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=-0.0581,51.5190,E1W9QY

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