# E3

Postcode district covering Bromley, Festubert Place and Old Ford, in Tower Hamlets.

E3 is a postcode district covering Bromley, Festubert Place and Old Ford, in Tower Hamlets. Median sale price £450,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code E3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [E](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an E3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 7% of people in E3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 588 homes were sold in E3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for E3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): E3 had 67,645 usual residents at the census.

## How E3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | E3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £450,000 | joint 3rd cheapest | 21 postcode districts, E · 2025 |
| Population | 67,645 | 5th most populated | 21 postcode districts, E · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 7% | 8th most people in radon Affected Areas | 21 postcode districts, E · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.6% | 6th lowest | 21 postcode districts, E · Jan 2026 |

## Is E3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E3 at a rate of 132.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 975 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,379), anti-social behaviour (2,069) and other crime (1,536).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E3 was 125.2 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in E3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E3 has no single figure. Of its 36 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in E3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tower Hamlets 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004222) | 2,730 | 126.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.9% |
| [Tower Hamlets 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004223) | 2,215 | 128.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| [Tower Hamlets 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004226) | 2,407 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035658) | 1,287 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035659) | 1,577 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.2% |
| [Tower Hamlets 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004228) | 1,947 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.1% |
| [Tower Hamlets 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004230) | 2,146 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| [Tower Hamlets 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004232) | 1,791 | 310.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004233) | 2,204 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| [Tower Hamlets 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004234) | 2,561 | 106.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.7% |
| [Tower Hamlets 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004229) | 1,419 | 188.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.3% |
| [Tower Hamlets 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004231) | 1,646 | 126.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.9% |
| [Tower Hamlets 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01032764) | 2,361 | 190.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.2% |
| [Tower Hamlets 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01032765) | 1,754 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.0% |
| [Tower Hamlets 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01032784) | 1,709 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.0% |
| [Tower Hamlets 004H](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035662) | 1,112 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| [Tower Hamlets 004I](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035663) | 1,330 | 123.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004235) | 1,312 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004236) | 1,560 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| [Tower Hamlets 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004237) | 1,530 | 148.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.2% |
| [Tower Hamlets 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004239) | 1,773 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.7% |
| [Tower Hamlets 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035665) | 1,429 | 215.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035666) | 1,917 | 151.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Tower Hamlets 008H](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035667) | 1,994 | 147.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| [Tower Hamlets 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004240) | 1,684 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| [Tower Hamlets 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004241) | 1,672 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004267) | 2,200 | 168.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.9% |
| [Tower Hamlets 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004268) | 1,769 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035671) | 2,164 | – | 5 | 89.9% |
| [Tower Hamlets 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035672) | 2,954 | 161.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.0% |
| [Tower Hamlets 012H](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035673) | 1,128 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.5% |
| [Tower Hamlets 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004270) | 2,420 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| [Tower Hamlets 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004271) | 2,463 | 208.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| [Tower Hamlets 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01004272) | 2,668 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| [Tower Hamlets 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035674) | 1,391 | 125.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| [Tower Hamlets 014G](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035675) | 1,782 | 163.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.0% |

## Your MP

- [Stratford and Bow](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stratford-and-bow): Uma Kumaran (Labour), MP since July 2024. 70% of the people here.
- [Poplar and Limehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/poplar-and-limehouse): Apsana Begum (Labour), MP since July 2024. 29% of the people here.
- [West Ham and Beckton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-ham-and-beckton): James Asser (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.3% of the people here.
- [Bethnal Green and Stepney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bethnal-green-and-stepney): Rushanara Ali (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in E3

[Bow North & Fish Island](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/bow-north-and-fish-island), [Bow South](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/bow-south), [Bow West](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/bow-west), [Bromley-by-Bow East](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/bromley-by-bow-east), [Bromley-by-Bow West](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/bromley-by-bow-west), [Mile End East & Burdett Estate](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/mile-end-east-and-burdett-estate)

## Postcode sectors in E3

[E3 2 (334 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3-2), [E3 3 (301 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3-3), [E3 4 (280 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3-4), [E3 5 (248 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3-5), [E3 9 (13 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3-9)

## Council

[Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)

## Towns in E3

[Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)

## Postcode districts next to E3

[E1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1), [E2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2), [E9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9), [E14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e14), [E15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e15), [E16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e16), [E20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e20)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bow Road (150 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0251,51.5269), [Bow Church (400 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0209,51.5279), [Mile End (600 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0336,51.5251), [Devons Road (650 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0176,51.5227)

## More in the E postcode area

[All E postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## E3 in brief

E3 is a postcode district covering Bromley, Festubert Place and Old Ford, in Tower Hamlets.
About 71,765 people lived in E3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 588 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 132.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E3 was £450,000 in 2025.
E3 had 67,645 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in E3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E3, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: E3
- Postcode area: [E](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e)
- Constituency: [Stratford and Bow †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stratford-and-bow)
- Council: [Tower Hamlets †](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)
- Area: 4.82 km²
- People, mid-2024: 71,765*
- Neighbourhoods: 36
- Output areas: 193

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[E9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9), [E14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e14), [E15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e15), [E2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2), [E1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e1), [E20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e20)

## Latest updates for E3

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

## How to cite

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