E17 6SW

High Street · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 6PE 22 m
E17 6QA 37 m
E17 6PD 41 m
E17 6PF 66 m
E17 7BG 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 6SW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1993
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 6
Latitude
51.583288
Longitude
-0.028361
British National Grid easting
536,700
British National Grid northing
189,000

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
E00171483
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 017A · E01004392
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 017 · E02000911

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
232
Primary
131
Secondary
30
  1. Mission Grove Primary School

    Community school

    105 m
  2. South Grove Primary School

    Community school

    562 m
  3. Low Hall Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    596 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9,490
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,559
  • Anti social behaviour 1,309
  • Other theft 910
  • Vehicle crime 756
  • Theft from the person 723

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E17 6 residents
19,712

Age bands in E17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

3,602 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

2,113 residents

Age 25 to 44
43.2%

8,494 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.5%

4,040 residents

Age 65 and over
7.2%

1,420 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

91

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

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

    ODS code F86058

    573 m

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    573 m

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    672 m

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    730 m

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    1.3 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    1.3 km

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    1.3 km

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    1.3 km

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86689

    1.3 km

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    1.4 km

  • THE MANOR PRACTICE

    454 LEA BRIDGE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 7DY

    ODS code F86011

    1.4 km

  • SEYMOUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    266 LEA BRIDGE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 7LD

    ODS code F86006

    1.6 km

  • THE PENRHYN SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86005

    1.6 km

  • DR DHITAL PRACTICE

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86086

    1.8 km

  • WALTHAM FOREST COMM & FAM HTH SERV LTD

    6 LINFORD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 3LA

    ODS code F86644

    1.8 km

  • THE ECCLESBOURNE PRACTICE

    ECCLESBOURNE, 1 WARWICK TERRACE, LEA BRIDGE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E17 9DP

    ODS code F86018

    1.9 km

  • SMA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    693 HIGH ROAD LEYTON, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 6RA

    ODS code F86038

    1.9 km

  • THE FOREST SURGERY

    2 MACDONALD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 4BA

    ODS code F86026

    2.1 km

  • THE LYNDHURST SURGERY

    53 LYNDHURST DRIVE, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 6JB

    ODS code F86088

    2.1 km

  • CRAWLEY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    479 HIGH ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 5EL

    ODS code F86044

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 91 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Walthamstow Market High Street

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.0 miles
  • Walthamstow Market High Street

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.0 miles
  • Walthamstow Market High Street

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.0 miles
  • Walthamstow Market High Street

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.0 miles
  • Selborne Walk / Vernon Road

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 017A, 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

9,658 of 33,755

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

232 open schools are in scope, including 131 primary and 30 secondary schools. Mission Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 105 m.

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

Recorded crime

9,490 published events cover 12 months, averaging 790.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,559 events.

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