E17 5SN

Higham Hill · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 5RZ 53 m
E17 5SB 56 m
E17 5RY 77 m
E17 5RE 79 m
E17 5RS 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 5SN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 5
Latitude
51.596863
Longitude
-0.033549
British National Grid easting
536,300
British National Grid northing
190,500

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
E00022142
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 009C · E01004400
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 009 · E02000903

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
223
Primary
126
Secondary
30
  1. Whittingham Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    140 m
  2. Lime Academy Hornbeam

    Academy special converter

    406 m
  3. Hillyfield Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    440 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,689
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,502
  • Anti social behaviour 797
  • Other theft 570
  • Vehicle crime 568
  • Theft from the person 349

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%

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

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

82

within 5 km straight-line

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    237 m

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    249 m

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    464 m

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86005

    686 m

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    948 m

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

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

    ODS code F86058

    1.8 km

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    1.8 km

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    2.0 km

  • THE MICROFACULTY

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

    ODS code F86638

    2.0 km

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    2.1 km

  • CHINGFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    109 YORK ROAD, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 8LF

    ODS code Y01291

    2.3 km

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    2.3 km

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86689

    2.3 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

  • 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

  • CHARLTON HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    581 HIGH ROAD, LONDON, N17 6SB

    ODS code F85017

    2.5 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    2.5 km

  • TOTTENHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    759 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17 8AH

    ODS code F85615

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 82 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Whittingham Primary Academy

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Whittingham Primary Academy

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Millfield Avenue

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Billet Road

    BCT · Higham Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Millfield Avenue

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

223 open schools are in scope, including 126 primary and 30 secondary schools. Whittingham Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 140 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,689 published events cover 12 months, averaging 474.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,502 events.

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