Schools
204 open schools are in scope, including 115 primary and 27 secondary schools. Walthamstow Academy is the nearest published school at 133 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
E17 5DR
Higham Hill · Waltham Forest · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- Higham Hill
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow
- Postcode district
- E17
- Postcode sector
- E17 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- E17 5DR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2007
- Terminated
- 1 July 2007
- Postcode area
- E
- Postcode district
- E17
- Postcode sector
- E17 5
- Latitude
- 51.600425
- Longitude
- -0.025554
- British National Grid easting
- 536,843
- British National Grid northing
- 190,911
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Waltham Forest · E09000031
- Electoral ward
- Higham Hill · E05013892
- Parish or community
- E43000221
- Westminster constituency
- Walthamstow · E14001563
- Output area
- E00185696
- Lower layer super output area
- Waltham Forest 009E · E01004403
- Middle layer super output area
- Waltham Forest 009 · E02000903
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore E17
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 160, Billet Road, London, E17 5DR | 7 April 2006 | £277,800 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 204
- Primary
- 115
- Secondary
- 27
- 133 m
Walthamstow Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 150 m
Walthamstow Primary Academy
Free schools
- 170 m
Roger Ascham Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,332
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,477
- Anti social behaviour 809
- Vehicle crime 667
- Other theft 485
- Drugs 334
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- E17 5 residents
- 18,696
Age bands in E17 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 35.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
4,148 residents
2,450 residents
7,020 residents
4,438 residents
1,487 residents
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.
GP practices
75
within 5 km straight-line
THE PENRHYN SURGERY
2A PENRHYN AVENUE, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5DB
ODS code F86005
389 m
CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE
27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ
ODS code F86708
855 m
HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
258-260 HIGHAM HILL ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5RQ
ODS code F86679
883 m
SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE
8 ST ANDREW'S ROAD, WALTHAMWSTOW, LONDON, E17 6BD
ODS code Y01839
1.1 km
DR SHANTIR PRACTICE
354-358 FOREST ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5JL
ODS code F86626
1.2 km
THE MICROFACULTY
107-109 CHINGFORD MOUNT ROAD, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 8LT
ODS code F86638
1.4 km
THE FOREST SURGERY
2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA
ODS code F86026
1.6 km
CHINGFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
109 YORK ROAD, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 8LF
ODS code Y01291
1.8 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
HANDSWORTH AVENUE, HIGHAMS PARK, LONDON, E4 9PD
ODS code F86004
2.0 km
CHURCHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
1 CHURCHILL TERRACE, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 8DG
ODS code F86627
2.0 km
DR DHITAL PRACTICE
6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA
ODS code F86086
2.1 km
WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD
6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA
ODS code F86644
2.1 km
ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY
ODS code F86607
2.2 km
THE BAILEY PRACTICE
COMLEY BANK SITE, 46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, LONDON, E17 9LY
ODS code F86689
2.2 km
QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX
ODS code F86030
2.3 km
ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED
THE FIRS MEDICAL CENTRE, 26 STEPHENSON ROAD, LONDON, E17 7JT
ODS code F86058
2.3 km
THE FIRS
26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT
ODS code F86001
2.3 km
GROVE SURGERY
103-105 GROVE ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9BU
ODS code F86062
2.6 km
THE ECCLESBOURNE PRACTICE
ECCLESBOURNE, 1 WARWICK TERRACE, LEA BRIDGE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E17 9DP
ODS code F86018
2.8 km
THE OLD CHURCH SURGERY
SILVERTHORN CENTRE, 2 FRIARS CLOSE, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 6UN
ODS code F86616
2.8 km
Showing 20 of 75 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
North Countess Road
BCT · Higham Hill
- 0.1 miles
North Countess Road
BCT · Higham Hill
- 0.1 miles
Walthamstow Academy
BCT · Higham Hill
- 0.1 miles
Walthamstow Academy
BCT · Higham Hill
- 0.2 miles
Guildsway
BCT · Higham Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 009E, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,831 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,332 published events cover 12 months, averaging 444.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,477 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.