E3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bromley, Festubert Place and Old Ford, in Tower Hamlets.
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 E3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in E3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How E3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E3 at a rate of 132.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 975 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,379), anti-social behaviour (2,069) and other crime (1,536).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E3 was 125.2 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 E3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E3 has no single figure. Of its 36 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets 001A | 2,730 | 126.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 001B | 2,215 | 128.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| Tower Hamlets 001D | 2,407 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 001F | 1,287 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 001G | 1,577 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 003A | 1,947 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.1% |
| Tower Hamlets 003B | 2,146 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 003C | 1,791 | 310.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 003D | 2,204 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| Tower Hamlets 003E | 2,561 | 106.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.7% |
| Tower Hamlets 004C | 1,419 | 188.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.3% |
| Tower Hamlets 004D | 1,646 | 126.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 004E | 2,361 | 190.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 004F | 1,754 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.0% |
| Tower Hamlets 004G | 1,709 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.0% |
| Tower Hamlets 004H | 1,112 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Tower Hamlets 004I | 1,330 | 123.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 008A | 1,312 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 008B | 1,560 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 008C | 1,530 | 148.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.2% |
| Tower Hamlets 008E | 1,773 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.7% |
| Tower Hamlets 008F | 1,429 | 215.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 008G | 1,917 | 151.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 008H | 1,994 | 147.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Tower Hamlets 012A | 1,684 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 012B | 1,672 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 012D | 2,200 | 168.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 012E | 1,769 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 012F | 2,164 | No figure | 5 | 89.9% |
| Tower Hamlets 012G | 2,954 | 161.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.0% |
| Tower Hamlets 012H | 1,128 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.5% |
| Tower Hamlets 014B | 2,420 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| Tower Hamlets 014C | 2,463 | 208.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 014D | 2,668 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| Tower Hamlets 014F | 1,391 | 125.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Tower Hamlets 014G | 1,782 | 163.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.0% |
MPs for E3
- Uma KumaranLabourMP for Stratford and Bow70% of E3’s postcodes
- Apsana BegumLabourMP for Poplar and Limehouse29% of E3’s postcodes
- James AsserLabourMP for West Ham and Beckton0.3% of E3’s postcodes
- Rushanara AliLabourMP for Bethnal Green and Stepney0.1% of E3’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 E36
Postcode sectors in E35
Council1
Towns in E31
Postcode districts next to E37
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E3 in brief
E3 is a postcode district covering Bromley, Festubert Place and Old Ford, in Tower Hamlets.
About 71,765 people lived in E3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 588 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 132.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E3 was £450,000 in 2025.
E3 had 67,645 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in E3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E3, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.