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E1W 3HQ

Shadwell · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Shadwell
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1W 3HS 37 m
E1W 3HB 45 m
E1W 3HN 55 m
E1W 3EN 64 m
E1 0JS 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 3HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 3
Latitude
51.511210
Longitude
-0.043840
British National Grid easting
535,842
British National Grid northing
180,956

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Shadwell · E05009332
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney · E14001086
Output area
E00167221
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025D · E01004303
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 025 · E02000888

Postcode source versions

Explore E1W

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
350
Primary
191
Secondary
52

  1. Marion Richardson Primary School

    Community school

    330 m

  2. The Hamlet School

    Community special school

    525 m

  3. Bishop Challoner Catholic School

    Academy converter

    562 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,682
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,552
  • Anti social behaviour 2,165
  • Other theft 1,367
  • Theft from the person 1,100
  • Shoplifting 1,074

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

27 female, 28 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
3.4
E1W 3 residents
7,493

Age bands in E1W 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,263 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

884 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.1%

3,411 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.8%

1,496 residents

Age 65 and over
6.7%

505 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1W 3 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

105

within 5 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    535 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    838 m

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    892 m

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    1.1 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.2 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.2 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.4 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.5 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

    BARKANTINE CENTRE, 121 WESTFERRY ROAD, LONDON, E14 8JH

    ODS code F84747

    1.7 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.7 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.8 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.9 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    2.0 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    2.0 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    2.1 km

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    2.1 km

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

    IVANHOE HOUSE, 130 GROVE ROAD, LONDON, E3 5TW

    ODS code F84055

    2.1 km

  • WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE

    WELLINGTON WAY CENTRE, 1A WELLINGTON WAY, LONDON, E3 4NE

    ODS code F84118

    2.1 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.2 km

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

    NEWBY PLCE HLTH WELLBEING, 21 NEWBY PLACE, LONDON, E14 0EY

    ODS code F84025

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 105 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

  • Cable Street

    BCT · Ratcliff

    0.1 miles

  • Cable Street

    BCT · Ratcliff

    0.1 miles

  • Limehouse

    RSE · Limehouse

    0.1 miles

  • Free Trade Wharf

    BCT · Ratcliff

    0.1 miles

  • Free Trade Wharf

    BCT · Ratcliff

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 025D, 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

7,318 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
1
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

350 open schools are in scope, including 191 primary and 52 secondary schools. Marion Richardson Primary School is the nearest published school at 330 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,682 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,306.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,552 events.

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