Hackney
Hackney is covered by postcode districts E5, E8, E9, N1, N4, N16 and 9 more. It is mostly in the Hackney council area: 4,508 of its 4,536 postcodes. The others are in Islington and Haringey.
Every postcode in Hackney, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 180
- In use before 2020: 4,356
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 4,536 postcodes in Hackney that ONS places, 180 are new since 2020 and 4,356 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5491, longitude -0.0694. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. N16 1GU, is the newest of them.
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. N4 2ZW, is the newest of them.
- 16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E20 3AS, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. N4 2XQ, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E5 5EH, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E2 8JE, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Hackney?
Homes sold for a typical £583,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 3,595 of the 4,382 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,434 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 160 of its 4,536 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dalston Kingsland, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Hackney?
Homes in Hackney sold for a typical £583,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,519 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £1,250,000 7 sales
- Semi-detached £1,387,500 34 sales
- Terraced £1,195,000 245 sales
- Flat or maisonette £528,000 1,233 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole N16 district, Hackney's main postcode district: a typical £575,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hackney: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Hackney?
180 of the 4,536 postcodes now in use in Hackney came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 240 of the 2,454 homes sold in Hackney were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the N16 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Hackney | Across the N16 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 50 of 1,519 (3%) | 0 of 321 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 240 of 2,454 (10%) | 0 of 490 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Hackney?
Ofcom reports on 4,382 of the 4,536 postcodes in Hackney. At 3,595 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hackney at risk of flooding?
160 of the 4,536 postcodes in Hackney have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,434 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Hackney?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hackney (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Shacklewell Primary School450 m 461 pupils, 482 places
- Halley House School450 m 166 pupils, 210 places
- Mossbourne Parkside Academy500 m 327 pupils, 450 places
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School600 m 240 pupils, 240 places
- Princess May Primary School700 m 198 pupils, 420 places
- St Matthias Church of England Primary School800 m 191 pupils, 240 places
- The Garden School850 m 204 pupils, 200 places
- Gayhurst Community School900 m 524 pupils, 570 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Hackney?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hackney is Dalston Kingsland Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Dalston Kingsland Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Dalston Junction Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
- Hackney Downs Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Highbury & Islington Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 2.4 kmCycle
- Bethnal Green Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 2.6 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Hackney?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hackney, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dalston Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 020 7275 0077 200 mWalk
- Beechwood Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 020 7254 2855 350 mWalk
- Somerford Grove Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 020 8049 2549 550 mWalk
- The Surgery (Barretts Grove) Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 020 7254 1661 700 mWalk
- Richmond Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report July 2026 · Phone 020 7254 2298 700 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hackney safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 19,257 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hackney over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,697 September 2025
- 1,682 October 2025
- 1,545 November 2025
- 1,504 December 2025
- 1,535 January 2026
- 1,398 February 2026
- 1,529 March 2026
- 1,597 April 2026
- 1,691 May 2026
- 1,606 June 2026
- 1,888 July 2026
- 1,585 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 937, robbery 682, bicycle theft 611, criminal damage and arson 560, other crime 155, possession of weapons 143.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Hackney?
- Councils
- Hackney (4,508), Islington (27) and Haringey (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Hackney South and Shoreditch (2,254), Hackney North and Stoke Newington (1,750), Tottenham (306) and 3 others
- Police force area
- Metropolitan Police
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Hackney
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Hackney is in Hackney; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Hackney about council tax Council tax, on hackney.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hackney
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Hackney postcodes
4,536 postcodes in use in Hackney, by district:
Those districts are in the N postcode area, E postcode area and EC postcode area.
Check a Hackney postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Hackney
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hackney's £583,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hackney
- What is it like to live in Hackney?
- Homes sold for a typical £583,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 3,595 of the 4,382 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,434 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 160 of its 4,536 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dalston Kingsland, 450 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Hackney?
- Hackney is covered by postcode districts E5, E8, E9, N1, N4, N16 and 9 more, across 4,536 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hackney?
- Homes in Hackney sold for a typical £583,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,519 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hackney?
- In Hackney, primary schools at its postcodes include Shacklewell Primary School, Halley House School and Mossbourne Parkside Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Excelsior Academy, Mossbourne Community Academy and Stormont House School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Hackney have a railway station?
- Yes: Dalston Kingsland is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Hackney, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hackney?
- Ofcom reports on 4,382 of the 4,536 postcodes in Hackney. At 3,595 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Hackney at risk of flooding?
- 160 of the 4,536 postcodes in Hackney have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,434 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Hackney?
- 180 of the 4,536 postcodes now in use in Hackney came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 240 of the 2,454 homes sold in Hackney were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the N16 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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