E3 3RU

Bromley South · 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
E3
Postcode sector
E3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E3 3RZ 37 m
E3 4FS 52 m
E3 4FG 56 m
E3 3RT 58 m
E3 4QW 60 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E3 3RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E3
Postcode sector
E3 3
Latitude
51.517514
Longitude
-0.020752
British National Grid easting
537,425
British National Grid northing
181,700

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
E00183800
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 012H · E01035673
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 012 · E02000875

Postcode source versions

Explore E3

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
30, 14, Hawgood Street, London, E3 3RU 20 November 2024 £412,000
26, Hawgood Street, London, E3 3RU 3 August 2012 £362,000
28, Hawgood Street, London, E3 3RU 14 June 2006 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
317
Primary
177
Secondary
50
  1. St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    269 m
  2. St Paul's Way Trust School

    Academy converter

    299 m
  3. Stebon Primary School

    Academy converter

    362 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,857
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,353
  • Anti social behaviour 2,049
  • Vehicle crime 1,347
  • Shoplifting 1,344
  • Other theft 1,330

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

36 female, 26 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
4.1
E3 3 residents
17,780

Age bands in E3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.4%

3,794 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.8%

2,805 residents

Age 25 to 44
43.5%

7,711 residents

Age 45 to 64
15.2%

2,700 residents

Age 65 and over
4.1%

733 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E3 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+
92.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.9%
Gigabit-capable
92.9%
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

104

within 5 km

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    579 m

  • ST ANDREWS HEALTH CENTRE

    2 HANNAFORD WALK, BOW, LONDON, E3 3FF

    ODS code Y03023

    846 m

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    889 m

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84025

    966 m

  • WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84118

    977 m

  • ABERFELDY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84698

    1.2 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.2 km

  • HARLEY GROVE MEDICAL CTR.

    15 HARLEY GROVE, LONDON, E3 2AT

    ODS code F84044

    1.3 km

  • TREDEGAR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84696

    1.7 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.7 km

  • ST. STEPHENS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84034

    1.8 km

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84055

    1.9 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84747

    1.9 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    2.0 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    2.1 km

  • RUSTON STREET CLINIC

    RUSTON STREET, BOW, LONDON, E3 2LR

    ODS code F84030

    2.1 km

  • STAR LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84017

    2.2 km

  • ROSERTON STREET SURGERY

    THE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTRE, ROSERTON STREET, LONDON, E14 3PG

    ODS code F84647

    2.2 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    2.4 km

  • THE RUIZ MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 ST. LUKE'S SQUARE, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 1HT

    ODS code F84666

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 104 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Devons Road

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.1 miles
  • Devons Road

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.1 miles
  • Broomfield Street

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.1 miles
  • St Pauls Way Trust School

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.1 miles
  • Broomfield Street

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tower Hamlets 012H, 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

8,317 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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
0
Low risk addresses
7
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

Property market

The five-year median is £412,000 from 1 recorded sale in E3 3RU. 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

317 open schools are in scope, including 177 primary and 50 secondary schools. St Saviour's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,857 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,321.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,353 events.

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