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E17 8SH

St James · Waltham Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St James
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E17 8BY 28 m
E17 8BZ 34 m
E17 8BX 49 m
E17 8RR 67 m
E17 8DD 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E17 8SH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E17
Postcode sector
E17 8
Latitude
51.576148
Longitude
-0.031556
British National Grid easting
536,500
British National Grid northing
188,200

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
E00022362
Lower layer super output area
Waltham Forest 018D · E01004448
Middle layer super output area
Waltham Forest 018 · E02000912

Postcode source versions

Explore E17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
251
Primary
141
Secondary
33

  1. Low Hall Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    229 m

  2. Kelmscott School

    Community school

    231 m

  3. St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    236 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8,311
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,219
  • Anti social behaviour 1,141
  • Other theft 842
  • Theft from the person 688
  • Vehicle crime 634

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E17 8 residents
16,329

Age bands in E17 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.4%

3,219 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

1,721 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.4%

6,052 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.1%

3,495 residents

Age 65 and over
8.2%

1,292 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

107

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE LIMITED

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

    ODS code F86058

    523 m

  • THE FIRS

    26 STEPHENSON ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 7JT

    ODS code F86001

    523 m

  • SEYMOUR MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86006

    818 m

  • THE MANOR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86011

    852 m

  • QUEENS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    48 QUEENS ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 8PX

    ODS code F86030

    871 m

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86062

    1.5 km

  • DR SHANTIR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86626

    1.6 km

  • SMA MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86038

    1.7 km

  • ADDISON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    46 RAVENSWOOD ROAD, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9LY

    ODS code F86607

    1.7 km

  • THE BAILEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86689

    1.7 km

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84668

    1.8 km

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84619

    1.8 km

  • CRAWLEY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    479 HIGH ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 5EL

    ODS code F86044

    1.9 km

  • SINNOTT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y01839

    1.9 km

  • THE LYNDHURST SURGERY

    53 LYNDHURST DRIVE, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 6JB

    ODS code F86088

    2.0 km

  • CLAREMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 CLAREMONT ROAD, LONDON, E17 5RJ

    ODS code F86708

    2.1 km

  • HIGHAM HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86679

    2.1 km

  • THE ECCLESBOURNE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86018

    2.1 km

  • LEYTON HEALTHCARE 4TH FLOOR

    4TH FLOOR, OLIVER ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE, 75 OLIVER ROAD, LONDON, E10 5LG

    ODS code F86074

    2.2 km

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 107 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Queen's Road

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

  • Queen's Road

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.1 miles

  • Barn Croft Primary School

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.2 miles

  • Barn Croft Primary School

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.2 miles

  • Markhouse Avenue

    BCT · Walthamstow

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waltham Forest 018D, 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

11,494 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

251 open schools are in scope, including 141 primary and 33 secondary schools. Low Hall Nursery School is the nearest published school at 229 m.

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

Recorded crime

8,311 published events cover 12 months, averaging 692.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,219 events.

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