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E16 1GL

Canning Town South · Newham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Canning Town South
Local authority
Newham
Constituency
West Ham and Beckton
Postcode district
E16
Postcode sector
E16 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E16 1PS 27 m
E16 1PQ 28 m
E16 1PJ 44 m
E16 1GD 60 m
E16 1PP 62 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E16 1GL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E16
Postcode sector
E16 1
Latitude
51.514020
Longitude
0.019552
British National Grid easting
540,232
British National Grid northing
181,388

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Newham · E09000025
Electoral ward
Canning Town South · E05013907
Parish or community
E43000215
Westminster constituency
West Ham and Beckton · E14001576
Output area
E00175072
Lower layer super output area
Newham 034I · E01033584
Middle layer super output area
Newham 034 · E02000747

Postcode source versions

Explore E16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
253
Primary
143
Secondary
33

  1. Hallsville Primary School

    Academy converter

    200 m

  2. Keir Hardie Primary School

    Community school

    281 m

  3. St Luke's Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    403 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10,008
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,846
  • Vehicle crime 1,166
  • Anti social behaviour 1,089
  • Other theft 1,022
  • Shoplifting 696

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

13 female, 12 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.3
E16 1 residents
17,281

Age bands in E16 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

2,516 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.9%

2,014 residents

Age 25 to 44
52.8%

8,948 residents

Age 45 to 64
15.9%

2,695 residents

Age 65 and over
4.6%

781 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E16 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

84

within 5 km

  • COMMUNITY DERMATOLOGY CLINIC

    63 APPLEBY ROAD, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 1LQ

    ODS code F84750

    406 m

  • CUSTOM HOUSE SURGERY

    16 FREEMASONS ROAD, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 3NA

    ODS code F84047

    415 m

  • THE RUIZ MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 ST. LUKE'S SQUARE, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 1HT

    ODS code F84666

    473 m

  • STAR LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    121 STAR LANE, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 4QH

    ODS code F84017

    895 m

  • GLEN ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1-9 GLEN ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 8RU

    ODS code F84092

    1.3 km

  • GREENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    497 BARKING ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 8PS

    ODS code F84053

    1.4 km

  • BALAAM STREET PRACTICE

    113 BALAAM STREET, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 8AF

    ODS code F84681

    1.4 km

  • ESSEX LODGE

    GREENGATE STREET, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0AS

    ODS code F84052

    1.6 km

  • ABERFELDY PRACTICE

    ABERFELDY H&W CENTRE, 19 ABERFELDY SQUARE, LONDON, E14 0XA

    ODS code F84698

    1.7 km

  • THE PROJECT SURGERY

    10 LETTSOM WALK, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0LN

    ODS code F84124

    2.0 km

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

    NEWBY PLCE HLTH WELLBEING, 21 NEWBY PLACE, LONDON, E14 0EY

    ODS code F84025

    2.3 km

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    2.4 km

  • GREENWICH PENINSULA

    GREENWICH PENINSULA PRACTICE, SCHOOLBANK ROAD, LONDON, SE10 0QN

    ODS code Y03755

    2.4 km

  • ABBEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    28A ABBEY ROAD, LONDON, E15 3LT

    ODS code F84111

    2.5 km

  • TOLLGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    220 TOLLGATE ROAD, LONDON, E6 5JS

    ODS code F84093

    2.6 km

  • ST ANDREWS HEALTH CENTRE

    2 HANNAFORD WALK, BOW, LONDON, E3 3FF

    ODS code Y03023

    2.6 km

  • LUCAS AVENUE PRACTICE

    1A LUCAS AVENUE, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QP

    ODS code F84642

    2.6 km

  • BOLEYN MEDICAL CENTRE

    152 BARKING ROAD, EAST HAM, LONDON, E6 3BD

    ODS code F84050

    2.6 km

  • THE AZAD PRACTICE

    152 BARKING ROAD, EAST HAM, LONDON, E6 3BD

    ODS code F84735

    2.6 km

  • EAST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 PLASHET ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QA

    ODS code F84677

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 84 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hallsville Primary School

    BCT · Canning Town

    0.2 miles

  • Rogers Road

    BCT · Canning Town

    0.2 miles

  • The Appleby Centre

    BCT · Canning Town

    0.2 miles

  • Keir Hardie Recreation Ground

    BCT · Canning Town

    0.2 miles

  • Munday Road / Royal Victoria DLR

    BCT · Canning Town

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newham 034I, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,012 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

253 open schools are in scope, including 143 primary and 33 secondary schools. Hallsville Primary School is the nearest published school at 200 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

10,008 published events cover 12 months, averaging 834 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,846 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.