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E1W 2AL

St Katharine's & Wapping · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Katharine's & Wapping
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1W 2BD 30 m
E1W 2SD 34 m
E1W 2BG 44 m
E1W 2BE 45 m
E1W 2BA 47 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 2AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 2
Latitude
51.509123
Longitude
-0.063860
British National Grid easting
534,459
British National Grid northing
180,687

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
St Katharine's & Wapping · E05009330
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Poplar and Limehouse · E14001430
Output area
E00183739
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026E · E01035696
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026 · E02000889

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
387
Primary
199
Secondary
52

  1. Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Free schools

    166 m

  2. St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    174 m

  3. Hermitage Primary School

    Academy converter

    451 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20,369
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,757
  • Other theft 2,984
  • Theft from the person 2,347
  • Anti social behaviour 2,102
  • Shoplifting 1,794

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
112

52 female, 60 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
3.9
E1W 2 residents
4,925

Age bands in E1W 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

551 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

519 residents

Age 25 to 44
52.4%

2,324 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.2%

764 residents

Age 65 and over
6.2%

274 residents

This postcode contained 2.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1W 2 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

117

within 5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

    FLAT 12, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, 50 THOMAS MORE STREET, LONDON, E1W 1UA

    ODS code F84731

    387 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

    THE WAPPING HEALTH CENTRE, 22 WAPPING LANE, LONDON, E1W 2RL

    ODS code F84079

    477 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    581 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    791 m

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    998 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.1 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.1 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.2 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.3 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    ALBION STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 87 ALBION STREET, LONDON, SE16 7JX

    ODS code G85138

    1.3 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EYOT HOUSE, 50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code G85623

    1.4 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.4 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.6 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.0 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    2.1 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.1 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    2.3 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU

    ODS code F84051

    2.4 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

    182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY

    ODS code G85052

    2.4 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 117 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Wellclose Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.0 miles

  • Wellclose Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.0 miles

  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

  • The Highway (E1)

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

  • Tobacco Dock

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 026E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,477 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

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
29
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

387 open schools are in scope, including 199 primary and 52 secondary schools. Mulberry Academy London Dock is the nearest published school at 166 m.

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

Recorded crime

20,369 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,697.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,757 events.

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