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E17 5RX

Higham Hill · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Higham Hill
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 5SA 32 m
E17 6AX 35 m
E17 6BA 68 m
E17 6AR 82 m
E17 6FU 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 5RX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 5
Latitude
51.593764
Longitude
-0.034780
British National Grid easting
536,224
British National Grid northing
190,153

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
E00022150
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 014D · E01004404
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 014 · E02000908

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
226
Primary
129
Secondary
30

  1. Hillyfield Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    99 m

  2. Big Creative Independent School

    Other independent school

    385 m

  3. Whittingham Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    444 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,617
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,755
  • Anti social behaviour 870
  • Other theft 623
  • Vehicle crime 533
  • Theft from the person 513

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

6 female, 9 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.2
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 0.1% 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

92

within 5 km

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    119 m

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    123 m

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    154 m

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    750 m

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86005

    857 m

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

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

    ODS code F86058

    1.5 km

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    1.5 km

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.8 km

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    2.1 km

  • WELBOURNE GP SURGERY, WELBOURNE H C

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

    ODS code F85628

    2.1 km

  • WELBOURNE MED PRAC, WELBOURNE H C

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

    ODS code Y05330

    2.1 km

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    2.1 km

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

    COMLEY BANK SITE, 46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86689

    2.1 km

  • DR DHITAL PRACTICE

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86086

    2.3 km

  • WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86644

    2.3 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    2.3 km

  • THE MICROFACULTY

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

    ODS code F86638

    2.4 km

  • CHARLTON HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    581 HIGH ROAD, LONDON, N17 6SB

    ODS code F85017

    2.4 km

  • BRUCE GROVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CTR

    463 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17 6QB

    ODS code F85028

    2.5 km

  • TYNEMOUTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TYNEMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, N15 4RH

    ODS code F85013

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 92 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

    0.0 miles

  • St. Andrews Road

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.0 miles

  • Hillyfield Primary School

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Hillyfield Primary School

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Shakespeare Road / Walthamstow

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 014D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,392 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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

226 open schools are in scope, including 129 primary and 30 secondary schools. Hillyfield Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 99 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,617 published events cover 12 months, averaging 551.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,755 events.

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