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E16

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Docklands, Hallsville Quarter and Silvertown, in Newham.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an E16 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 6% of people in E16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£469,140
366th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
61,323
88th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
6%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How E16 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

E16Middle
Median sale price21 postcode districts, E · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in E21 areas from £407,500 to £851,000. The middle area is £520,000. E16 is £469,140.
£469,1406th cheapest
Population21 postcode districts, E · 2021
Population: every postcode district in E21 areas from 183 to 112,695. The middle area is 52,554. E16 is 61,323.
61,3237th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 postcode districts, E · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in E21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 5.0%. E16 is 6.0%.
6%9th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 postcode districts, E · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in E21 areas from 78.8% to 99.5%. The middle area is 91.2%. E16 is 90.7%.
90.7%joint 7th lowest

Is E16 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E16 at a rate of 143.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 849 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E16.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,298), other crime (1,701) and anti-social behaviour (1,614).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E16 was 134.2 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in E16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E16 has no single figure. Of its 35 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 14 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in E16

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Newham 027C2,049240.5 per 1,000388.5%
Newham 030C2,671181.2 per 1,000278.1%
Newham 030D2,882156.7 per 1,000373.9%
Newham 031B2,55884.7 per 1,000353.4%
Newham 031C2,06561.0 per 1,000298.2%
Newham 032C1,889130.5 per 1,000294.3%
Newham 032D1,63871.6 per 1,000493.7%
Newham 032E1,61951.8 per 1,000399.4%
Newham 033F1,766137.0 per 1,000499.4%
Newham 033G1,53581.9 per 1,000798.3%
Newham 034A1,648276.9 per 1,000298.6%
Newham 034D1,425155.7 per 1,000295.5%
Newham 034I1,70359.4 per 1,000297.8%
Newham 034J1,941146.5 per 1,000292.9%
Newham 034K1,480357.9 per 1,000595.6%
Newham 034L1,536127.2 per 1,000696.4%
Newham 034M1,437107.3 per 1,000599.7%
Newham 034N1,925220.0 per 1,000899.0%
Newham 036A1,92270.2 per 1,000374.2%
Newham 036B1,980106.6 per 1,000296.1%
Newham 036C1,65883.6 per 1,000280.2%
Newham 036D2,108188.5 per 1,000279.9%
Newham 036E1,884275.0 per 1,000288.1%
Newham 041A1,923110.0 per 1,000288.2%
Newham 041B1,44932.9 per 1,000793.4%
Newham 041C1,961125.2 per 1,000274.9%
Newham 041D1,753169.1 per 1,000293.4%
Newham 042A1,412294.0 per 1,000897.3%
Newham 042B1,504222.8 per 1,000482.9%
Newham 042C1,41433.5 per 1,0008100.0%
Newham 042D1,57728.9 per 1,000699.7%
Newham 042E1,34854.5 per 1,0001098.7%
Newham 042F1,409130.7 per 1,000685.8%
Newham 042G1,237138.2 per 1,0001099.2%
Newham 042H1,34340.3 per 1,0001099.5%

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Nearest rail stations4

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E16 in brief

E16 is a postcode district covering Docklands, Hallsville Quarter and Silvertown, in Newham.

About 69,059 people lived in E16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £469,140 in 2025 across 820 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 143.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in E16 was £469,140 in 2025.

E16 had 61,323 usual residents at the census.

About 6% of people in E16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In E16, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.