E17 5RW

Higham Hill · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 5RN 50 m
E17 5RR 54 m
E17 5NL 76 m
E17 5RS 85 m
E17 5RJ 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 5RW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 5
Latitude
51.595381
Longitude
-0.033094
British National Grid easting
536,336
British National Grid northing
190,336

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Waltham Forest · E09000031
Parish or community
E43000221
Westminster constituency
Walthamstow · E14001563
Output area
E00022122
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 009C · E01004400
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 009 · E02000903

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

82 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, Oakfield Road, London, E17 5RW 30 October 2025 £620,000
58, Oakfield Road, London, E17 5RW 31 October 2024 £660,000
14, Oakfield Road, London, E17 5RW 31 July 2024 £666,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
224
Primary
126
Secondary
30
  1. Hillyfield Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    284 m
  2. Whittingham Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    294 m
  3. Big Creative Independent School

    Other independent school

    544 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,300
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,635
  • Anti social behaviour 823
  • Other theft 592
  • Vehicle crime 567
  • Theft from the person 463

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
124

60 female, 64 male

Postcode households
42
Residents per household
3.0
E17 5 residents
18,696

Age bands in E17 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.2%

4,148 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.5%

2,450 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.9%

7,020 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.7%

4,438 residents

Age 65 and over
7.6%

1,487 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E17 5 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

86

within 5 km

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    93 m

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    258-260 HIGHAM HILL ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5RQ

    ODS code F86679

    120 m

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 ST ANDREW'S ROAD, WALTHAMWSTOW, LONDON, E17 6BD

    ODS code Y01839

    353 m

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

    2A PENRHYN AVENUE, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5DB

    ODS code F86005

    682 m

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

    354-358 FOREST ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 5JL

    ODS code F86626

    795 m

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

    THE FIRS MEDICAL CENTRE, 26 STEPHENSON ROAD, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86058

    1.7 km

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    1.7 km

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.9 km

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    1.9 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

  • THE MICROFACULTY

    107-109 CHINGFORD MOUNT ROAD, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 8LT

    ODS code F86638

    2.2 km

  • DR DHITAL PRACTICE

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86086

    2.2 km

  • WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86644

    2.2 km

  • WELBOURNE GP SURGERY, WELBOURNE H C

    UNIT 1, WALTER TULL HOUSE, MONUMENT WAY, LONDON, N17 9QX

    ODS code F85628

    2.3 km

  • WELBOURNE MED PRAC, WELBOURNE H C

    UNIT 1, WALTER TULL HOUSE, MONUMENT WAY, LONDON, N17 9QX

    ODS code Y05330

    2.3 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    103-105 GROVE ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9BU

    ODS code F86062

    2.4 km

  • CHINGFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    109 YORK ROAD, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 8LF

    ODS code Y01291

    2.4 km

  • CHARLTON HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    581 HIGH ROAD, LONDON, N17 6SB

    ODS code F85017

    2.5 km

  • BRUCE GROVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CTR

    463 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17 6QB

    ODS code F85028

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 86 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

  • St. Andrews Road

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • St. Andrews Road

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Whittingham Primary Academy

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Whittingham Primary Academy

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Billet Road

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 009C, 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

10,225 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £660,000 from 5 recorded sales in E17 5RW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Waltham Forest is £522,743 in June 2026, up 2.5% year on year.

Schools

224 open schools are in scope, including 126 primary and 30 secondary schools. Hillyfield Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 284 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,300 published events cover 12 months, averaging 525 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,635 events.

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