# E3 4XL: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E3 4XL 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 E3 4XL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3) › [E3 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3-4)

## Around this postcode

- **155 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 9% on July. Tower Hamlets 012D: 169 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **Bow Road, 330 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **14 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **No property in E3 4XL 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=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 012D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **£447,796 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at E3 4XL**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **Moderate road and rail noise at E3 4XL**: Road 54 dB, rail 62 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **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=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL
- **17.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wellington Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wellington-primary-school-e100927) | Primary | 180 m (2 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), December 2023 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Clara Grant Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-clara-grant-primary-school-e144699) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Phoenix School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/phoenix-school-e100987) | Special | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2024 | – |
| [Phoenix Autism Trust](https://openindex.co.uk/school/phoenix-autism-trust-e147609) | Special | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Beatrice Tate School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beatrice-tate-school-e100989) | Special | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | – |
| [Onelab College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/onelab-college-e151137) | Special | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Central Foundation Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/central-foundation-girls-school-e100975) | Secondary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 53.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Childrens House Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/childrens-house-nursery-school-e100882) | Nursery | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, May 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £362,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 20 m |
| September 2025 | £316,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 30 m |
| October 2024 | £345,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| March 2025 | £335,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| October 2025 | £350,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| July 2024 | £198,100 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| December 2024 | £345,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| March 2026 | £240,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Bow Road (330 m, 4 minutes on foot); Devons Road (460 m, 6 minutes on foot); Bow Church (460 m, 6 minutes on foot); Mile End (690 m, 9 minutes on foot); Bromley-by-Bow (850 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE (210 m); HARLEY GROVE MEDICAL CTR. (510 m); ST ANDREWS HEALTH CENTRE (660 m); TREDEGAR PRACTICE (950 m)
- Pharmacies: MAYORS CHEMIST (390 m); FORWARD PHARMACY (490 m); KAMSONS PHARMACY (550 m); CHRISCHEM PHARMACY (630 m); GREENLIGHT PHARMACY (660 m)
- Dental practices: 195 BOW COMMON LANE (DENTAL PRACTICE) (620 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Bow Merchants Quarter Express (400 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Tower Hamlets Bow Green (430 m, Sainsburys); Asda Bow Express Petrol (470 m, Asda); Sainsburys Mile End Station Local (690 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Bow Violet Rd Express (740 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 012D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 33.1** (2025). Tower Hamlets 012D has a deprivation score of 33.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,874th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £376,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 012D was £376,250 in 2025. Joint 10,011th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,200** (2021). Tower Hamlets 012D had 2,200 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,838th 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: 70.9%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 012D, 70.9% 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.

## E3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in E3 was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 412th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 67,645** (2021). E3 had 67,645 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 51st most 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: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in E3 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: 90.6%** (January 2026). In E3, 90.6% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)
- Centre: 51.5241, -0.0238

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

## Your MP

- [Stratford and Bow](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stratford-and-bow): Uma Kumaran (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=-0.0238,51.5241,E34XL

## How to cite

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