E1W 3SY

St Katharine's & Wapping · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1W 3SX 25 m
E1W 3SZ 35 m
E1W 3SU 47 m
E1W 3TA 49 m
E1W 3TL 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E1W 3SY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E1W
Postcode sector
E1W 3
Latitude
51.507381
Longitude
-0.053644
British National Grid easting
535,173
British National Grid northing
180,512

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Poplar and Limehouse · E14001430
Output area
E00021629
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 027C · E01004297
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 027 · E02000890

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Riverside Mansions, Flat 235, Milk Yard, London, E1W 3SY 16 October 2025 £544,000
Riverside Mansions, Flat 231, Milk Yard, London, E1W 3SY 31 March 2025 £625,000
Riverside Mansions, Flat 336, Milk Yard, London, E1W 3SY 8 May 2024 £499,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
368
Primary
194
Secondary
53
  1. St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    179 m
  2. Blue Gate Fields Infants' School

    Community school

    356 m
  3. Blue Gate Fields Junior School

    Community school

    356 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,098
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,964
  • Anti social behaviour 1,964
  • Theft from the person 1,564
  • Other theft 1,497
  • Public order 984

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

21 female, 18 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E1W 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

108

within 5 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    392 m

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    716 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    725 m

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    739 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.0 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.2 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.4 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.4 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.6 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.6 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.6 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.6 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    1.7 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.7 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    1.8 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    2.0 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84747

    2.1 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    2.1 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.3 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDLASS PLACE, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 3QH

    ODS code G85085

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 108 matching practices.

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Monza Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • Garnet Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles
  • Shadwell Basin

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • Shadwell Basin

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.1 miles
  • Wapping Wall

    BCT · Wapping

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 027C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,253 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
12
Low risk addresses
6
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £544,000 from 3 recorded sales in E1W 3SY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tower Hamlets is £456,898 in June 2026, down 13.1% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

368 open schools are in scope, including 194 primary and 53 secondary schools. St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 179 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

15,098 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,258.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,964 events.

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