E7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Forest Gate, Wanstead Flats and Upton, 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 E7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in E7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How E7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E7 at a rate of 108.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 472 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,685), anti-social behaviour (1,487) and other crime (830).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E7 was 101.0 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 E7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E7 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 13 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newham 001A | 2,333 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Newham 001B | 1,811 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Newham 001C | 1,788 | 146.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.2% |
| Newham 001D | 1,779 | 94.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| Newham 003B | 1,916 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Newham 003C | 1,833 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.8% |
| Newham 006A | 1,753 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Newham 006D | 1,956 | 343.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Newham 007A | 1,955 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Newham 007B | 1,884 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Newham 007C | 1,714 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Newham 007D | 1,936 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.7% |
| Newham 008A | 1,969 | 196.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.9% |
| Newham 008B | 1,715 | 210.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.2% |
| Newham 008C | 1,908 | 252.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Newham 008D | 2,278 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Newham 008E | 1,674 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Newham 009A | 1,830 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.8% |
| Newham 011B | 1,676 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.5% |
| Newham 011C | 2,620 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Newham 011E | 1,856 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Newham 014A | 2,100 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Newham 014B | 2,367 | 120.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.8% |
| Newham 016A | 1,597 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Newham 017C | 2,329 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Newham 017D | 2,549 | 102.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.5% |
| Waltham Forest 028C | 1,810 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Waltham Forest 028E | 1,656 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
MPs for E7
- Uma KumaranLabourMP for Stratford and Bow68% of E7’s postcodes
- Sir Stephen TimmsLabourMP for East Ham25% of E7’s postcodes
- Mr Calvin BaileyLabourMP for Leyton and Wanstead7.1% of E7’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 E74
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Council1
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Postcode districts next to E75
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E7 in brief
E7 is a postcode district covering Forest Gate, Wanstead Flats and Upton, in Newham.
About 55,474 people lived in E7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £533,000 in 2025 across 241 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E7 was £533,000 in 2025.
E7 had 53,290 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in E7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E7, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.