E17 7HW

St James · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 7HH 38 m
E17 7HF 95 m
E17 7HE 104 m
E17 7HR 105 m
E17 7HL 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 7HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 7
Latitude
51.579626
Longitude
-0.041640
British National Grid easting
535,791
British National Grid northing
188,568

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Waltham Forest · E09000031
Electoral ward
St James · E05013899
Parish or community
E43000221
Westminster constituency
Walthamstow · E14001563
Output area
E00022097
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 018A · E01004395
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 018 · E02000912

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Rensburg Villas, London, E17 7HW 12 October 2015 £475,000
3, Rensburg Villas, London, E17 7HW 24 November 2010 £300,000
1, Rensburg Villas, London, E17 7HW 18 December 2009 £312,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
245
Primary
142
Secondary
29
  1. Coppermill Primary School

    Community school

    211 m
  2. Barn Croft Primary School

    Community school

    587 m
  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    675 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,844
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,798
  • Anti social behaviour 914
  • Other theft 677
  • Shoplifting 603
  • Theft from the person 545

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

3 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.0
E17 7 residents
12,983

Age bands in E17 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

2,208 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,236 residents

Age 25 to 44
42.5%

5,200 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

2,671 residents

Age 65 and over
7.6%

931 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E17 7 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

102

within 5 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

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

    ODS code F86058

    459 m

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    459 m

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    1.5 km

  • SEYMOUR MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86006

    1.5 km

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    1.6 km

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    1.6 km

  • THE MANOR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86011

    1.6 km

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

    THEYDON ROAD HEALTH CTR, 14 URBAN HIVE, THEYDON RD, LONDON, E5 9BQ

    ODS code F84668

    1.7 km

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

    14 URBAN HIVE, THEYDON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9BQ

    ODS code F84619

    1.7 km

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    1.8 km

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    1.8 km

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    1.9 km

  • WELBOURNE GP SURGERY, WELBOURNE H C

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

    ODS code F85628

    2.0 km

  • WELBOURNE MED PRAC, WELBOURNE H C

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

    ODS code Y05330

    2.0 km

  • TYNEMOUTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TYNEMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, N15 4RH

    ODS code F85013

    2.0 km

  • STAMFORD HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    2 EGERTON ROAD, STAMFORD HILL, LONDON, N16 6UA

    ODS code F84013

    2.1 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    2.1 km

  • FERNLEA SURGERY

    114 HIGH ROAD, SOUTH TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N15 6JR

    ODS code F85071

    2.2 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

Showing 20 of 102 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

  • Rensburg Road

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.0 miles
  • Barn Croft Primary School

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.3 miles
  • Barn Croft Primary School

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.4 miles
  • Low Hall Manor Business Centre

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.4 miles
  • Longfield Avenue Walthamstow

    BCT · Blackhorse Road

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 018A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,889 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 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.

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

245 open schools are in scope, including 142 primary and 29 secondary schools. Coppermill Primary School is the nearest published school at 211 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,844 published events cover 12 months, averaging 570.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,798 events.

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