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E5 8BA

Hackney Downs · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Hackney Downs
Local authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E5 8AY 20 m
E5 8AZ 46 m
E5 9JP 63 m
E5 5AZ 85 m
E5 5BU 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E5 8BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8
Latitude
51.560722
Longitude
-0.057254
British National Grid easting
534,765
British National Grid northing
186,437

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
E00008792
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 010D · E01001767
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 010 · E02000354

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Property

At this postcode

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12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Dale Court, Flat 2, Upper Clapton Road, London, E5 8BA 13 October 2003 £123,000
Dale Court, 41, 4, Benhill Wood Road, London, E5 8BA 6 August 2002 £132,000
Dale Court, Flat 7, Upper Clapton Road, London, E5 8BA 17 August 2001 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
336
Primary
184
Secondary
44

  1. Al-Falah Primary School

    Other independent school

    306 m

  2. Southwold Primary School

    Community school

    394 m

  3. St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    423 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11,783
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,373
  • Anti social behaviour 1,386
  • Theft from the person 974
  • Shoplifting 959
  • Other theft 873

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

11 female, 10 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.0
E5 8 residents
15,935

Age bands in E5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

2,948 residents

Age 15 to 24
13%

2,091 residents

Age 25 to 44
39.1%

6,309 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.6%

3,490 residents

Age 65 and over
8%

1,290 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

132

within 5 km

  • THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    10 KENNINGHALL ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 8BY

    ODS code F84018

    450 m

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84668

    660 m

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84619

    660 m

  • FOUNTAYNE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A FOUNTAYNE ROAD, LONDON, N16 7EA

    ODS code F84080

    683 m

  • ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 ATHERDEN ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 0QP

    ODS code F84060

    701 m

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    726 m

  • LOWER CLAPTON GENERAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84003

    884 m

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

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

    ODS code F84694

    937 m

  • SPRING HILL PRACTICE

    BELFAST ROAD, LONDON, N16 6UH

    ODS code Y03049

    1.1 km

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    1.3 km

  • DALSTON PRACTICE

    1B MADINAH ROAD, LONDON, E8 1PG

    ODS code F84063

    1.6 km

  • SANDRINGHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84621

    1.6 km

  • LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE

    4 HOMERTON TERRACE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6RT

    ODS code F84719

    1.7 km

  • STAMFORD HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    2 EGERTON ROAD, STAMFORD HILL, LONDON, N16 6UA

    ODS code F84013

    1.7 km

  • THE LEA SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84105

    1.7 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

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

    ODS code F84636

    1.7 km

  • BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

    233 ALBION ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 9JT

    ODS code F84008

    1.8 km

  • KINGSMEAD HEALTHCARE

    4 KINGSMEAD WAY, LONDON, E9 5QG

    ODS code F84015

    1.8 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.9 km

  • THE WICK HEALTH CENTRE

    10 KENWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, E9 5TD

    ODS code F84620

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 132 matching practices.

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Clapton Station

    RSE · Upper Clapton

    0.1 miles

  • Clapton Rail Station

    RLY · Upper Clapton

    0.1 miles

  • Upper Clapton Road / Brooke Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.1 miles

  • Clapton Station

    BCT · Upper Clapton

    0.1 miles

  • Clapton Station

    BCT · Upper Clapton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 010D, 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

9,378 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

336 open schools are in scope, including 184 primary and 44 secondary schools. Al-Falah Primary School is the nearest published school at 306 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

11,783 published events cover 12 months, averaging 981.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,373 events.

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