E18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Woodford and Snaresbrook, in Redbridge.
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 E18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in E18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How E18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E18 at a rate of 76.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 103 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (316), anti-social behaviour (269) and other crime (240).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E18 was 77.3 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 E18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E18 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge 007A | 1,719 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.5% |
| Redbridge 007B | 1,549 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.0% |
| Redbridge 007E | 1,697 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.4% |
| Redbridge 007F | 1,917 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Redbridge 007G | 2,424 | 209.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.9% |
| Redbridge 009A | 1,586 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Redbridge 009D | 1,730 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.4% |
| Redbridge 009F | 2,105 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.1% |
| Redbridge 009G | 1,939 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Redbridge 014B | 1,658 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.0% |
| Redbridge 014G | 1,563 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
MPs for E18
- Mr Calvin BaileyLabourMP for Leyton and Wanstead68% of E18’s postcodes
- Sir Iain Duncan SmithConservativeMP for Chingford and Woodford Green32% of E18’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in E182
Postcode sectors in E183
Council1
Towns in E181
Postcode districts next to E184
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E18 in brief
E18 is a postcode district covering Woodford and Snaresbrook, in Redbridge.
About 20,242 people lived in E18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £552,500 in 2025 across 266 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E18 was £552,500 in 2025.
E18 had 20,466 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in E18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E18, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.