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E3 2SH

Bow East · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Bow East
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Stratford and Bow
Postcode district
E3
Postcode sector
E3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E3 2SW 24 m
E3 2SG 56 m
E3 2TD 70 m
E3 3AH 70 m
E3 2TU 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E3 2SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E3
Postcode sector
E3 2
Latitude
51.528782
Longitude
-0.018115
British National Grid easting
537,574
British National Grid northing
182,958

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Tower Hamlets · E09000030
Electoral ward
Bow East · E05009319
Parish or community
E43000220
Westminster constituency
Stratford and Bow · E14001525
Output area
E00167089
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 004E · E01032764
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 004 · E02000867

Postcode source versions

Explore E3

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
321
Primary
181
Secondary
49

  1. St Agnes RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    145 m

  2. Childrens House Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    283 m

  3. Old Palace Primary School

    Community school

    304 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11,195
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,181
  • Anti social behaviour 1,494
  • Other theft 900
  • Vehicle crime 843
  • Theft from the person 781

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8
4 female, 4 male
Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

112

within 5 km straight-line

  • WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84118

    564 m

  • ST ANDREWS HEALTH CENTRE

    2 HANNAFORD WALK, BOW, LONDON, E3 3FF

    ODS code Y03023

    600 m

  • HARLEY GROVE MEDICAL CTR.

    15 HARLEY GROVE, LONDON, E3 2AT

    ODS code F84044

    675 m

  • TREDEGAR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84696

    971 m

  • ST. STEPHENS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84034

    993 m

  • RUSTON STREET CLINIC

    RUSTON STREET, BOW, LONDON, E3 2LR

    ODS code F84030

    1.0 km

  • CARPENTERS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84749

    1.4 km

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84055

    1.4 km

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    1.6 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    1.6 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.7 km

  • ABBEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    28A ABBEY ROAD, LONDON, E15 3LT

    ODS code F84111

    1.8 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.8 km

  • ABERFELDY PRACTICE

    ABERFELDY H&W CENTRE, 19 ABERFELDY SQUARE, LONDON, E14 0XA

    ODS code F84698

    2.0 km

  • TROWBRIDGE PRACTICE

    18 MERRIAM AVENUE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 5NE

    ODS code Y00403

    2.0 km

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84025

    2.1 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    2.1 km

  • STAR LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    121 STAR LANE, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 4QH

    ODS code F84017

    2.2 km

  • GYNAECOLOGY SERVICES

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03433

    2.3 km

  • PATIENT FIRST SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

    50C ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E15 4BZ

    ODS code Y03434

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 112 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Bow Church

    BCT · Bow

    75 m

  • Bow Church

    BCT · Bow

    88 m

  • Bow Church

    BCT · Bow

    99 m

  • Bow Bus Garage

    BCT · Bow

    113 m

  • Bow Church Station

    BCT · Bow

    188 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 004E, 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

10,087 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 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
0
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

321 open schools are in scope, including 181 primary and 49 secondary schools. St Agnes RC Primary School is the nearest published school at 145 m.

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

Recorded crime

11,195 published events cover 12 months, averaging 933 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,181 events.

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