E3 3SW

Bromley South · Tower Hamlets · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Postcode district
E3
Postcode sector
E3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E3 4DE 6 m
E3 3AN 8 m
E3 3AQ 32 m
E3 3RY 50 m
E3 4BD 52 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E3 3SW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E3
Postcode sector
E3 3
Latitude
51.518443
Longitude
-0.022514
British National Grid easting
537,300
British National Grid northing
181,800

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
E00183885
Lower layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 012H · E01035673
Middle layer super output area
Tower Hamlets 012 · E02000875

Postcode source versions

Explore E3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
319
Primary
178
Secondary
50
  1. St Paul's Way Trust School

    Academy converter

    152 m
  2. Stebon Primary School

    Academy converter

    295 m
  3. The Clara Grant Primary School

    Academy converter

    420 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16,222
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,597
  • Anti social behaviour 2,088
  • Other theft 1,357
  • Shoplifting 1,332
  • Vehicle crime 1,249

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

104

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    739 m

  • ST ANDREWS HEALTH CENTRE

    2 HANNAFORD WALK, BOW, LONDON, E3 3FF

    ODS code Y03023

    838 m

  • WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84118

    847 m

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    908 m

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.1 km

  • HARLEY GROVE MEDICAL CTR.

    15 HARLEY GROVE, LONDON, E3 2AT

    ODS code F84044

    1.1 km

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84025

    1.1 km

  • ABERFELDY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84698

    1.4 km

  • TREDEGAR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84696

    1.5 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    1.6 km

  • ST. STEPHENS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84034

    1.7 km

  • THE GROVE ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84055

    1.7 km

  • SUTTONS WHARF HEALTH CENTRE

    26 PALMERS ROAD, LONDON, E2 0FA

    ODS code F84123

    1.8 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84747

    2.0 km

  • RUSTON STREET CLINIC

    RUSTON STREET, BOW, LONDON, E3 2LR

    ODS code F84030

    2.0 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    2.0 km

  • STAR LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84017

    2.3 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    2.3 km

  • ROSERTON STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84647

    2.4 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 104 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Devons Road

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.0 miles
  • St Pauls Way Trust School

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.0 miles
  • Devons Road

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.1 miles
  • St Paul's Way Trust School

    BCT · Bow Common

    0.1 miles
  • St Pauls Way Trust School

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

319 open schools are in scope, including 178 primary and 50 secondary schools. St Paul's Way Trust School is the nearest published school at 152 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,222 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,351.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,597 events.

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