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E3 2EJ

Bow West · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Bow West
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Stratford and Bow
Postcode district
E3
Postcode sector
E3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E3 2EH 51 m
E3 2EB 53 m
E3 2ZT 53 m
E3 2EL 56 m
E3 2WD 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E3 2EJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E3
Postcode sector
E3 2
Latitude
51.529516
Longitude
-0.030208
British National Grid easting
536,733
British National Grid northing
183,017

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Bow West · E05009320
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Stratford and Bow · E14001525
Output area
E00021299
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 004C · E01004229
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 004 · E02000867

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Balmer Road, London, E3 2EJ 30 March 2016 £780,000
5, Balmer Road, London, E3 2EJ 26 August 2015 £720,000
3, Balmer Road, London, E3 2EJ 2 November 2009 £425,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
344
Primary
190
Secondary
50

  1. Malmesbury Primary School

    Community school

    190 m

  2. Central Foundation Girls' School

    Voluntary aided school

    263 m

  3. Phoenix Autism Trust

    Special post 16 institution

    300 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13,901
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,004
  • Anti social behaviour 1,821
  • Other theft 1,051
  • Theft from the person 1,051
  • Shoplifting 936

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

26 female, 15 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
4.6
E3 2 residents
17,187

Age bands in E3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

2,527 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.4%

2,121 residents

Age 25 to 44
50.8%

8,652 residents

Age 45 to 64
15.8%

2,688 residents

Age 65 and over
6.2%

1,057 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E3 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

116

within 5 km

  • TREDEGAR PRACTICE

    35 ST.STEPHENS ROAD, BOW, LONDON, E3 5JD

    ODS code F84696

    204 m

  • HARLEY GROVE MEDICAL CTR.

    15 HARLEY GROVE, LONDON, E3 2AT

    ODS code F84044

    243 m

  • ST. STEPHENS HEALTH CENTRE

    BOW COMMUNITY CENTRE, WILLIAM PLACE, LONDON, E3 5ED

    ODS code F84034

    334 m

  • WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84118

    548 m

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84055

    600 m

  • RUSTON STREET CLINIC

    RUSTON STREET, BOW, LONDON, E3 2LR

    ODS code F84030

    778 m

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    806 m

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    968 m

  • ST ANDREWS HEALTH CENTRE

    2 HANNAFORD WALK, BOW, LONDON, E3 3FF

    ODS code Y03023

    1.3 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.4 km

  • TROWBRIDGE PRACTICE

    18 MERRIAM AVENUE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 5NE

    ODS code Y00403

    1.8 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

    MISSION MEDICAL PRACTICE, 208 CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E2 9LS

    ODS code F84016

    1.8 km

  • WELL STREET SURGERY

    28 SHORE ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 7TA

    ODS code F84069

    1.9 km

  • ELSDALE STREET SURGERY

    28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY

    ODS code F84601

    2.0 km

  • THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN

    19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN

    ODS code F84632

    2.0 km

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    2.0 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.0 km

  • CARPENTERS PRACTICE

    236-252 HIGH STREET, STRATFORD, LONDON, E15 2JA

    ODS code F84749

    2.1 km

  • THE WICK HEALTH CENTRE

    10 KENWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, E9 5TD

    ODS code F84620

    2.1 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 116 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

  • Antill Road

    BCT · Old Ford

    0.0 miles

  • Shetland Road

    BCT · Bow

    0.1 miles

  • Coborn Road

    BCT · Mile End

    0.2 miles

  • Ford Road (E3)

    BCT · Old Ford

    0.2 miles

  • Ford Road (E3)

    BCT · Old Ford

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 004C, 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

10,007 of 33,755

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

344 open schools are in scope, including 190 primary and 50 secondary schools. Malmesbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 190 m.

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

Recorded crime

13,901 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,158.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,004 events.

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