EC3N
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whitechapel and Wapping, in City of London.
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 EC3N postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In EC3N, 73.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How EC3N compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is EC3N safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EC3N at a rate of 1,062.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 443.9 per 1,000 people across EC.
In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EC3N.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (197), shoplifting (118) and violence and sexual offences (98).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EC3N was 1,040.2 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.
MPs for EC3N
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster91% of EC3N’s postcodes
- Apsana BegumLabourMP for Poplar and Limehouse7.4% of EC3N’s postcodes
- Rushanara AliLabourMP for Bethnal Green and Stepney1.2% of EC3N’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Postcode sectors in EC3N4
Council1
Postcode districts next to EC3N4
Nearest rail stations4
More in the EC postcode area2
EC3N in brief
EC3N is a postcode district covering Whitechapel and Wapping, in City of London.
About 622 people lived in EC3N in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £770,000 in 2025 across 11 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 1,062.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in EC3N was £770,000 in 2025.
EC3N had 286 usual residents at the census.
In EC3N, 73.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
89.5% of residents in EC3N were aged 15 to 64 at the census.