# E3 5HU: area report for a postcode in Tower Hamlets

E3 5HU 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 5HU for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) › [E3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3) › [E3 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3-5)

## Around this postcode

- **150 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 2% on July. Tower Hamlets 001D: 115 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **Bow Road, 600 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **10 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **No property in E3 5HU 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=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Tower Hamlets 001D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **£447,950 average price**: For the whole of Tower Hamlets, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **6 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at E3 5HU**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **Moderate road and rail noise at E3 5HU**: Road 55 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **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=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU
- **17.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mulberry UTC](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-utc-e144756) | Secondary | 310 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 28.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/old-ford-primary-a-paradigm-academy-e140096) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2022 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Phoenix Autism Trust](https://openindex.co.uk/school/phoenix-autism-trust-e147609) | Special | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Malmesbury Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/malmesbury-primary-school-e134160) | Primary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Phoenix School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/phoenix-school-e100987) | Special | 520 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2024 | – |
| [Central Foundation Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/central-foundation-girls-school-e100975) | Secondary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 53.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Olga Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/olga-primary-school-e100916) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wellington Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wellington-primary-school-e100927) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), December 2023 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £1,075,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2026 | £420,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| December 2024 | £402,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| January 2026 | £500,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| October 2023 | £355,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| November 2025 | £440,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| August 2026 | £275,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| March 2026 | £425,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Bow Road (590 m, 7 minutes on foot); Bow Church (650 m, 8 minutes on foot); Mile End (880 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ST. STEPHENS HEALTH CENTRE (260 m); TREDEGAR PRACTICE (300 m); HARLEY GROVE MEDICAL CTR. (460 m); RUSTON STREET CLINIC (460 m); WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE (710 m)
- Pharmacies: SINCLAIRS (200 m); BELL PHARMACY BOW (210 m); PARNELL CHEMIST (210 m); MAYORS CHEMIST (560 m); FORWARD PHARMACY (720 m)
- Dental practices: M C LEWIS & ASSOCIATES LTD (210 m); DENTAL BEAUTY BOW (210 m); DENTAL SURGERY (210 m); WILLIAM PLACE DENTAL AESTHETICS (260 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Bow Gladstone Express (130 m, Tesco); Iceland Bow (160 m, Iceland); Asda Bow Express Petrol (590 m, Asda); Tesco Bow Merchants Quarter Express (650 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Mile End Station Local (820 m, Sainsburys)

## 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 001D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 31.8** (2025). Tower Hamlets 001D has a deprivation score of 31.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,435th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £418,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tower Hamlets 001D was £418,750 in 2025. Joint 7,832nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,407** (2021). Tower Hamlets 001D had 2,407 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 1,425th 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: 94.8%** (January 2026). In Tower Hamlets 001D, 94.8% 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.

## 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: 51.5321, -0.0275

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), August 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=-0.0275,51.5321,E35HU

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