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E5 0QL

Hackney Downs · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hackney Downs
Local authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E5 8TW 28 m
E5 8DW 30 m
E5 8EQ 39 m
E5 8ER 57 m
E5 8DY 59 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E5 0QL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1984
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 0
Latitude
51.554965
Longitude
-0.055552
British National Grid easting
534,900
British National Grid northing
185,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Electoral ward
Hackney Downs · E05009373
Parish or community
E43000202
Westminster constituency
Hackney North and Stoke Newington · E14001259
Output area
E00176250
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 010F · E01033703
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 010 · E02000354

Postcode source versions

Explore E5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
360
Primary
189
Secondary
47

  1. Clapton Girls' Academy

    Academy converter

    251 m

  2. Nightingale Primary School

    Community school

    320 m

  3. Millfields Community School

    Community school

    337 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
15,809
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,386
  • Anti social behaviour 1,755
  • Shoplifting 1,474
  • Theft from the person 1,321
  • Other theft 1,222

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
E5 0 residents
16,094

Age bands in E5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

2,996 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.1%

2,158 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.3%

6,818 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.8%

4,064 residents

Age 65 and over
9.9%

1,771 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

135

within 5 km straight-line

  • ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 ATHERDEN ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 0QP

    ODS code F84060

    161 m

  • LOWER CLAPTON GENERAL PRACTICE

    THE PORTICO, 34 LINSCOTT ROAD, LONDON, E5 0RD

    ODS code F84003

    282 m

  • THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    10 KENNINGHALL ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 8BY

    ODS code F84018

    601 m

  • LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE

    4 HOMERTON TERRACE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6RT

    ODS code F84719

    1.0 km

  • DALSTON PRACTICE

    1B MADINAH ROAD, LONDON, E8 1PG

    ODS code F84063

    1.1 km

  • SANDRINGHAM PRACTICE

    THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 1A MADINAH ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 1PG

    ODS code F84621

    1.1 km

  • THE LEA SURGERY

    ALFRED HEALTH CENTRE, 186 HOMERTON HIGH STREET, LONDON, E9 6AG

    ODS code F84105

    1.1 km

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    1.2 km

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

    THEYDON ROAD HEALTH CTR, 14 URBAN HIVE, THEYDON RD, LONDON, E5 9BQ

    ODS code F84668

    1.2 km

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

    14 URBAN HIVE, THEYDON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9BQ

    ODS code F84619

    1.2 km

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

    BROOKE ROAD SURGERY, 40-42 BROOKE ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7LR

    ODS code F84694

    1.2 km

  • FOUNTAYNE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A FOUNTAYNE ROAD, LONDON, N16 7EA

    ODS code F84080

    1.2 km

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    1.4 km

  • ELSDALE STREET SURGERY

    28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY

    ODS code F84601

    1.4 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.4 km

  • THE WICK HEALTH CENTRE

    10 KENWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, E9 5TD

    ODS code F84620

    1.5 km

  • KINGSMEAD HEALTHCARE

    4 KINGSMEAD WAY, LONDON, E9 5QG

    ODS code F84015

    1.5 km

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    1.5 km

  • SPRING HILL PRACTICE

    BELFAST ROAD, LONDON, N16 6UH

    ODS code Y03049

    1.6 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

    6 BARRETTS GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 8AR

    ODS code F84636

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 135 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Millfields Road Lower Clapton

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.0 miles

  • Clapton Pond

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.0 miles

  • Cricketfield Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.1 miles

  • Clapton Pond

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.1 miles

  • Newick Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 010F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,375 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

360 open schools are in scope, including 189 primary and 47 secondary schools. Clapton Girls' Academy is the nearest published school at 251 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

15,809 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,317.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,386 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.