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E1W 2BW

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 2QR 6 m
E1W 2QN 61 m
E1W 2XA 66 m
E1W 2QQ 70 m
E1W 2JR 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 2BW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 2
Latitude
51.505804
Longitude
-0.061061
British National Grid easting
534,663
British National Grid northing
180,323

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
E00021600
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 026A · E01004292
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
377
Primary
195
Secondary
50

  1. Hermitage Primary School

    Academy converter

    327 m

  2. St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    403 m

  3. Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Free schools

    508 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17,113
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,116
  • Other theft 2,134
  • Theft from the person 2,068
  • Anti social behaviour 2,024
  • Shoplifting 1,178

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

111

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    153 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    517 m

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    899 m

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    900 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    973 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    997 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.1 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.1 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.1 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.4 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.6 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.6 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    1.7 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    2.0 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    2.1 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85052

    2.2 km

  • SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA

    ODS code G85087

    2.2 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.3 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.4 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 111 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Wapping Health Centre

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

  • Wapping Health Centre

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

  • Hermitage Wall

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

  • Dundee Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

  • Sampson Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 026A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,381 of 33,755

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

377 open schools are in scope, including 195 primary and 50 secondary schools. Hermitage Primary School is the nearest published school at 327 m.

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

Recorded crime

17,113 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,426.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,116 events.

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