Property Diligence

Canary Wharf (E14) or Greenwich (SE10): an area comparison

Canary Wharf has the lower recorded-sale median by £33,970. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Canary Wharf: £466,530. Greenwich: £500,500.

Canary Wharf is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Canary Wharf: 32. Greenwich: 11 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: E14 161, SE10 82. mapped green-space sites: E14 138, SE10 55.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £33,970 across the 24-month samples. That gives Canary Wharf the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Canary Wharf has 32 registered schools, 138 mapped green-space sites and 161 bus nodes. Greenwich has 11, 55 and 82 respectively.

District prices

E14 recorded 1,754 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £466,530. The £556,595 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

SE10 recorded 968 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £500,500. The £655,549 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

E14

Median recorded sale
£466,530
Average recorded sale
£556,595
Recorded sales
1,754 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

SE10

Median recorded sale
£500,500
Average recorded sale
£655,549
Recorded sales
968 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 15,446 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 5,099, or 33.0% of the total.

Police.uk records 5,999 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,100, or 35.0% of the total.

E14

Reported crime, 12 months
15,446
Selected report-category share
5,099 (33.0%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

SE10

Reported crime, 12 months
5,999
Selected report-category share
2,100 (35.0%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. E14 has a median of 3.0. 59.1% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 8.1% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. SE10 has a median of 5.0. 8.5% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 11.9% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

E14

Median IMD decile
3.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
59.1%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
8.1%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

SE10

Median IMD decile
5.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
8.5%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
11.9%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 32 open establishments in E14. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 11 open establishments in SE10. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

E14

Registered school sites
32 (16 plus: 1, Nursery: 1, Primary: 26, Secondary: 4)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

SE10

Registered school sites
11 (Nursery: 1, Primary: 8, Secondary: 2)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 138 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 55.64 hectares, including 42 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 55 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 96.80 hectares, including 10 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

E14

Mapped OS green-space sites
138
Mapped site area
55.64 ha
Public parks or gardens
42
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

SE10

Mapped OS green-space sites
55
Mapped site area
96.80 ha
Public parks or gardens
10
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 2,110 postcode units. 127 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 222 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 974 postcode units. 139 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 188 have medium-risk surroundings.

E14

Postcode units in source
2,110
Units with high-risk surroundings
127
Units with medium-risk surroundings
222
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

SE10

Postcode units in source
974
Units with high-risk surroundings
139
Units with medium-risk surroundings
188
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 22.7 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 20.4 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

E14

Median annual mean NO₂
22.7 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

SE10

Median annual mean NO₂
20.4 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 161 active bus nodes and 82 rail, metro or tram nodes across E14. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 82 active bus nodes and 26 rail, metro or tram nodes across SE10. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

E14

Active bus access nodes
161
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
82
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

SE10

Active bus access nodes
82
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
26
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

E14

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

SE10

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 802 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 5 fatal, 128 serious and 669 slight.

DfT records 387 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 64 serious and 323 slight.

E14

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
802
Fatal
5
Serious
128
Slight
669
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

SE10

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
387
Fatal
0
Serious
64
Slight
323
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

For an address-specific desk check, Property Diligence’s paid report adds the more detailed property-level information available from public sources.