Islington
Islington is covered by postcode districts E8, EC1A, EC1M, EC1P, EC1R, EC1V and 46 more. It is mostly in the Islington council area: 6,314 of its 6,331 postcodes. The others are in City of London.
Every postcode in Islington, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 0
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 6,331
Of the 6,331 postcodes in Islington that ONS places, 6,331 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 51.5416, longitude -0.1084. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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
What is it like to live in Islington?
Homes sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 3,938 of the 4,594 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 6,331 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Highbury & Islington, 600 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 Islington?
Homes in Islington sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,398 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £641,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £630,000
▼ down 1.7% on the 12 months before
Across the whole N1 district, Islington's main postcode district: a typical £675,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Islington: 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 Islington?
376 of the 6,331 postcodes now in use in Islington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 2,111 homes sold in Islington were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the N1 district, 3%.
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 Islington | Across the N1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 1,398 (0%) | 2 of 688 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 10 of 2,111 (Under 1%) | 29 of 1,069 (3%) |
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 Islington?
Ofcom reports on 4,594 of the 6,331 postcodes in Islington. At 3,938 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Islington at risk of flooding?
None of the 6,331 postcodes in Islington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 Islington?
The open schools at the postcodes in Islington (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
- Thornhill Primary School150 m 446 pupils, 468 places
- Laycock Primary School350 m 217 pupils, 444 places
- The Bridge Integrated Learning Space400 m 32 pupils, 25 places
- New River College Primary450 m
- William Tyndale Primary School500 m 448 pupils, 450 places
- St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School550 m 165 pupils, 210 places
- Canonbury Primary School600 m 441 pupils, 460 places
- St Mary's CofE Primary School650 m 171 pupils, 210 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 Islington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Islington is Highbury & Islington Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- Highbury & Islington Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Highbury & Islington Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Highbury & Islington Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 650 mWalk
- Angel Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 1.0 kmWalk
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 Islington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Islington, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Islington Central Medical Centre350 m
- Ritchie Street Group Practice750 m
- Barnsbury Medical Practice800 m
- Medicus Select Care800 m
- River Place Health Centre850 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Islington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 20,955 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Islington 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
- 1,611 September 2025
- 1,670 October 2025
- 1,621 November 2025
- 1,546 December 2025
- 1,543 January 2026
- 1,473 February 2026
- 1,690 March 2026
- 1,846 April 2026
- 1,997 May 2026
- 1,897 June 2026
- 2,102 July 2026
- 1,959 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 777, robbery 672, criminal damage and arson 505, bicycle theft 469, other crime 191, possession of weapons 112.
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 Islington?
- Councils
- Islington (6,314) and City of London (17)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Islington South and Finsbury (4,418), Islington North (1,896) and Cities of London and Westminster (17)
- Police force areas
- Metropolitan Police (6,314) and City of London (17)
- 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 Islington
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Islington
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Islington postcodes
6,331 postcodes in use in Islington, by district:
Those districts are in the N postcode area, EC postcode area, W postcode area, WC postcode area, NW postcode area and E postcode area.
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Places near Islington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Islington's £630,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Islington
- What is it like to live in Islington?
- Homes sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 3,938 of the 4,594 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 6,331 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Highbury & Islington, 600 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 Islington?
- Islington is covered by postcode districts E8, EC1A, EC1M, EC1P, EC1R, EC1V and 46 more, across 6,331 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Islington?
- Homes in Islington sold for a typical £630,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,398 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Islington?
- In Islington, primary schools at its postcodes include Thornhill Primary School, Laycock Primary School and The Bridge Integrated Learning Space; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Bridge Integrated Learning Space, St Mary Magdalene Academy and The Courtyard Islington. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Islington have a railway station?
- Yes: Highbury & Islington is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Islington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Islington?
- Ofcom reports on 4,594 of the 6,331 postcodes in Islington. At 3,938 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Islington at risk of flooding?
- None of the 6,331 postcodes in Islington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Islington?
- 376 of the 6,331 postcodes now in use in Islington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 2,111 homes sold in Islington were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the N1 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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