E5 8DE

Hackney Downs · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Hackney
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E5 8QD 62 m
E5 8NA 65 m
E5 8LB 68 m
E5 8NZ 75 m
E5 8LA 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E5 8DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8
Latitude
51.555792
Longitude
-0.059888
British National Grid easting
534,597
British National Grid northing
185,884

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Parish or community
E43000202
Output area
E00183781
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 010G · E01033713
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 010 · E02000354

Postcode source versions

Explore E5

109 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Otto Building, Apartment 02.09, Downs Road, London, E5 8DE 15 June 2026 £645,000
Otto Building, Apartment 11.01, Downs Road, London, E5 8DE 11 June 2026 £475,000
Otto Building, Apartment 03.09, Downs Road, London, E5 8DE 24 April 2026 £650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
357
Primary
188
Secondary
47
  1. Nightingale Primary School

    Community school

    11 m
  2. Al-Falah Primary School

    Other independent school

    273 m
  3. The Boxing Academy AP Free School

    Free schools alternative provision

    336 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16,524
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,542
  • Anti social behaviour 1,828
  • Shoplifting 1,464
  • Theft from the person 1,447
  • Other theft 1,310

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
141

62 female, 79 male

Postcode households
81
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

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%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

GP practices

135

within 5 km

  • THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    10 KENNINGHALL ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 8BY

    ODS code F84018

    326 m

  • ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 ATHERDEN ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 0QP

    ODS code F84060

    471 m

  • LOWER CLAPTON GENERAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84003

    586 m

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

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

    ODS code F84694

    889 m

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    909 m

  • DALSTON PRACTICE

    1B MADINAH ROAD, LONDON, E8 1PG

    ODS code F84063

    1.0 km

  • FOUNTAYNE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A FOUNTAYNE ROAD, LONDON, N16 7EA

    ODS code F84080

    1.0 km

  • SANDRINGHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84621

    1.0 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

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    1.2 km

  • LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE

    4 HOMERTON TERRACE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6RT

    ODS code F84719

    1.3 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.3 km

  • SPRING HILL PRACTICE

    BELFAST ROAD, LONDON, N16 6UH

    ODS code Y03049

    1.3 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

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

    ODS code F84636

    1.3 km

  • THE LEA SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84105

    1.4 km

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    1.5 km

  • ELSDALE STREET SURGERY

    28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY

    ODS code F84601

    1.6 km

  • BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84008

    1.7 km

  • THE WICK HEALTH CENTRE

    10 KENWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, E9 5TD

    ODS code F84620

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 135 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

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

Nearby transport

  • Cricketfield Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.1 miles
  • Clapton Pond

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.2 miles
  • Kenninghall Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.2 miles
  • Clapton Pond

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.2 miles
  • Lea Bridge Roundabout

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 010G, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,496 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
89
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

Property market

The five-year median is £725,000 from 19 recorded sales in E5 8DE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Hackney is £605,442 in June 2026, up 0.4% year on year.

Schools

357 open schools are in scope, including 188 primary and 47 secondary schools. Nightingale Primary School is the nearest published school at 11 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,524 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,377 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,542 events.

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