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E1W St Katharine's & Wapping — Family Area Report

St Katharine's & Wapping · Tower Hamlets

Council Tax Band D · 2025/26Tower Hamlets£1,997/yr
Family densityLow · 16–21%21.3% of households have dependent children
36
Family Score

Ranked against every London postcode we cover.

E1W is the London postcode area covering St Katharine's & Wapping in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It scores 36/100 on our family-life index. It's strongest on safety (100/100) and weakest on schools (0/100). 53 schools sit within a mile, the Met recorded 0 incidents in 2026-05, and there are 0 parks within walking distance. The nearest central London hub is Canary Wharf in 20 min on the morning rush. 21.3% of households here have dependent children — low.

What borough is E1W in?

E1W is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Its representative postcode sits in the St Katharine's & Wapping ward. On our family-life index, E1W scores 36/100 against every other London postcode we cover.

Schools0
Safety100
Amenities0
Green space0
Family density14
Commute70

Schools

53 within 1 mile

There are 53 schools within a mile of E1W — 12 primary and 5 secondary among the top matches. Mulberry School for Girls is the top-rated near-neighbour, 586m away with a Outstanding (pre-2024 Ofsted) inspection.

  • St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School

    Primary · 233 pupils

    305m

  • Blue Gate Fields Junior School

    Primary · 350 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    329m

  • Blue Gate Fields Infants' School

    Primary · 336 pupils

    329m

  • Bigland Green Primary School

    Primary · 477 pupils

    369m

  • Jamiatul Ummah School

    Independent · 181 pupils

    369m

  • Buttercup Primary School

    Independent · 130 pupils

    495m

  • St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School

    Primary · 198 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    504m

  • Mulberry Academy London Dock

    Secondary · 304 pupils

    528m

Source: DfE GIAS + Ofsted latest inspections · updated Jul 2026

Safety

0 incidents in May 2026

E1W is one of the safer London postcodes we cover, scoring 100/100 on safety. The Met logged 0 incidents here in May 2026.

    Counts cover a single calendar month (May 2026) — the latest released by data.police.uk.

    Family life

    Within 1km

    Parks
    0
    GP surgeries
    5
    Libraries
    0
    Supermarkets
    13

    Sources: NHS ODS (GPs) · FSA (supermarkets) · OpenStreetMap (parks, libraries)

    Commute

    6 central London hubs · Morning rush

    Excellent · Under 25 min
    Waterloo
    31 min
    via DLR & Waterloo & City
    King's Cross
    32 min
    via DLR & Northern
    Liverpool Street
    22 min
    via DLR & Central
    Canary WharfFastest
    20 min
    via DLR
    Paddington
    41 min
    via Windrush & Elizabeth line
    Victoria
    38 min
    via DLR & District

    Door-to-door, arriving by 08:15 on a weekday. Source: TfL Journey Planner. Nearest hub: Canary Wharf in 20 min.

    How this is built.

    Scores are percentiles within our London cohort: your score is relative to other London areas, not absolute. Schools come from the DfE GIAS register (open schools only). Crime is from data.police.uk, latest available month. Ofsted single-word judgements were withdrawn in Sept 2024. We'll add the new report-card grades as they roll out from late 2025.

    Family density is drawn from ONS Census 2021 household composition data at LSOA level. We map each postcode to its representative LSOA and rank it against the 32 London postcodes in our cohort.

    Commute times are pre-calculated via the TfL Journey Planner API for a weekday arrival at 08:15, from the centre of each postcode to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.

    • No GIAS schools matched outcode E1W. Rebuild src/data/london-schools.json if this outcode should be covered.

    E1W — frequently asked questions

    The things families ask us most about St Katharine's & Wapping, answered from the same data behind the scores above.

    What London borough is E1W in?
    E1W is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Its representative postcode falls in the St Katharine's & Wapping ward. E1W scores 36/100 on our family-life index against every other London postcode we cover.
    Is E1W a good area for families?
    E1W (St Katharine's & Wapping, Tower Hamlets) scores 36/100 on our family-life index, making it a tougher sell among the London postcodes we cover. Schools score 0/100, safety 100/100, amenities 0/100, green space 0/100 and commute 70/100.
    What are the schools like in E1W?
    There are 53 schools within a mile of E1W, sourced from the DfE GIAS register with the latest Ofsted inspection attached. E1W scores 0/100 on schools, ranked against every other London postcode in our cohort.
    How safe is E1W?
    The Metropolitan Police recorded 0 crime incidents in E1W in May 2026 (the latest month released by data.police.uk). On our cohort-relative scale, E1W scores 100/100 for safety.
    How long is the commute from E1W to central London?
    Using the TfL Journey Planner for a weekday 08:15 arrival, the fastest of our six central London hubs from E1W is Canary Wharf in about 20 minutes. We benchmark commute times to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.
    Do many families live in E1W?
    21.3% of households in E1W's representative LSOA have dependent children (ONS Census 2021), which we band as low (16–21%) versus the rest of London.

    Areas near E1W

    The closest postcodes to E1W we cover are E1 (Whitechapel, ~0.8km), SE16 (Rotherhithe, ~1.5km), E2 (Bethnal Green West, ~2.3km) and SE1 (Chaucer, ~2.5km). Families weighing E1W usually shortlist one or two of these — open a full report or compare them side-by-side below.

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