EC3R 5EA

Tower · City of London · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Tower
Local authority
City of London
Postcode district
EC3R
Postcode sector
EC3R 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EC3R 5AR 25 m
EC3R 7AG 41 m
EC3R 8HN 45 m
EC3R 5AQ 46 m
EC3R 6DP 46 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EC3R 5EA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 August 2025
Postcode area
EC
Postcode district
EC3R
Postcode sector
EC3R 5
Latitude
51.509847
Longitude
-0.081598
British National Grid easting
533,226
British National Grid northing
180,735

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
City of London · E09000001
Electoral ward
Tower · E05009310
Parish or community
E43000191
Output area
E00190458
Lower layer super output area
City of London 001F · E01032739
Middle layer super output area
City of London 001 · E02000001

Postcode source versions

Explore EC3R

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
407
Primary
202
Secondary
55
  1. David Game College

    Other independent school

    489 m
  2. The Aldgate School

    Voluntary aided school

    540 m
  3. English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    762 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
25,392
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 4,898
  • Violence and sexual offences 4,410
  • Theft from the person 4,256
  • Shoplifting 2,645
  • Anti social behaviour 1,928

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EC3R 5 residents
23

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

122

within 5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    979 m

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    995 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.2 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.2 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.3 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    1.5 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.6 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    1.7 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.7 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.7 km

  • BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACT, 45 COLOMBO STREET, LONDON, SE1 8EE

    ODS code G85642

    1.7 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.9 km

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    1.9 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    2.0 km

  • CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    CITY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, UNIT 1-3 GROUND FLOOR, CITY HOUSE, 190-196 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2QH

    ODS code F83064

    2.1 km

  • NEXUS HEALTH GROUP

    PRINCESS STREET GROUP PRACTICE, 2 PRINCESS STREET, LONDON, SE1 6JP

    ODS code G85034

    2.1 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

    182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY

    ODS code G85052

    2.2 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    2.2 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU

    ODS code F84051

    2.2 km

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 122 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

  • Great Tower Street

    BCT · City of London

    0.0 miles
  • Great Tower Street

    BCT · City of London

    0.0 miles
  • Rood Lane

    BCT · City of London

    0.1 miles
  • Rood Lane

    BCT · City of London

    0.1 miles
  • Monument

    BCT · Monument

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for City of London 001F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,325 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
1 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

407 open schools are in scope, including 202 primary and 55 secondary schools. David Game College is the nearest published school at 489 m.

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

Recorded crime

25,392 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,116 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 4,898 events.

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