E4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chingford, Highams Park and Friday Hill, in Waltham Forest.
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 E4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in E4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How E4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E4 at a rate of 87.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 433 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,545), anti-social behaviour (1,254) and other crime (860).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E4 was 96.3 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 E4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E4 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 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 E4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 009A | 2,774 | 126.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.9% |
| Waltham Forest 001A | 1,547 | 91.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Waltham Forest 001B | 1,901 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| Waltham Forest 001C | 1,645 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Waltham Forest 001D | 1,698 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Waltham Forest 001E | 1,583 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Waltham Forest 002A | 1,884 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.4% |
| Waltham Forest 002B | 1,815 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.9% |
| Waltham Forest 002C | 1,965 | 162.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.3% |
| Waltham Forest 002D | 1,952 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.7% |
| Waltham Forest 002E | 1,712 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Waltham Forest 003A | 2,002 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Waltham Forest 003C | 1,698 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Waltham Forest 003D | 1,733 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.2% |
| Waltham Forest 003E | 1,600 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| Waltham Forest 004A | 1,690 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.9% |
| Waltham Forest 004B | 1,334 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Waltham Forest 004C | 1,543 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.7% |
| Waltham Forest 004D | 1,618 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Waltham Forest 004E | 1,824 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Waltham Forest 005A | 1,383 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Waltham Forest 005B | 1,814 | 119.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Waltham Forest 005C | 1,886 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.9% |
| Waltham Forest 005D | 1,841 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Waltham Forest 005E | 1,887 | 181.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Waltham Forest 006A | 1,708 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Waltham Forest 006B | 1,816 | 134.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.4% |
| Waltham Forest 006C | 1,971 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Waltham Forest 006D | 1,794 | 292.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| Waltham Forest 006E | 1,686 | 183.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.3% |
| Waltham Forest 007A | 1,926 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.9% |
| Waltham Forest 007C | 1,985 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Waltham Forest 007E | 1,439 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.3% |
| Waltham Forest 007F | 1,660 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.3% |
| Waltham Forest 008A | 1,871 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Waltham Forest 008C | 1,753 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Waltham Forest 008D | 1,780 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Waltham Forest 008E | 2,652 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
MPs for E4
- Sir Iain Duncan SmithConservativeMP for Chingford and Woodford Green96% of E4’s postcodes
- Dr Neil HudsonConservativeMP for Epping Forest3.0% of E4’s postcodes
- Ms Stella CreasyLabour (Co-op)MP for Walthamstow1.3% of E4’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 E48
Postcode sectors in E45
Council1
Towns in E41
Postcode districts next to E48
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E4 in brief
E4 is a postcode district covering Chingford, Highams Park and Friday Hill, in Waltham Forest.
About 66,218 people lived in E4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £540,000 in 2025 across 696 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E4 was £540,000 in 2025.
E4 had 66,626 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in E4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E4, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.