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E5 8LZ

Hackney Central · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Hackney Central
Local authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E5 8JS 35 m
E5 8LJ 45 m
E5 8LY 53 m
E5 8JT 56 m
E5 8JG 57 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E5 8LZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8
Latitude
51.551430
Longitude
-0.058227
British National Grid easting
534,725
British National Grid northing
185,402

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Electoral ward
Hackney Central · E05009372
Parish or community
E43000202
Westminster constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch · E14001260
Output area
E00008781
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 016C · E01001757
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 016 · E02000360

Postcode source versions

Explore E5

Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Northbourne House, Flat 12, Pembury Road, London, E5 8LZ 21 April 2017 £320,000
Northbourne House, Flat 12, Pembury Road, London, E5 8LZ 6 July 2015 £250,000
Northbourne House, Flat 25, Pembury Road, London, E5 8LZ 20 November 2014 £276,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
355
Primary
185
Secondary
48

  1. Stormont House School

    Community special school

    169 m

  2. Mossbourne Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    217 m

  3. Mossbourne Parkside Academy

    Academy converter

    417 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17,880
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,892
  • Anti social behaviour 1,937
  • Shoplifting 1,609
  • Theft from the person 1,604
  • Other theft 1,428

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
57

36 female, 21 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.4% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

133

within 5 km straight-line

  • LOWER CLAPTON GENERAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84003

    459 m

  • ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 ATHERDEN ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 0QP

    ODS code F84060

    522 m

  • DALSTON PRACTICE

    1B MADINAH ROAD, LONDON, E8 1PG

    ODS code F84063

    742 m

  • SANDRINGHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84621

    742 m

  • LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE

    4 HOMERTON TERRACE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6RT

    ODS code F84719

    811 m

  • THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    10 KENNINGHALL ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 8BY

    ODS code F84018

    814 m

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    1.0 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.0 km

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    1.1 km

  • THE LEA SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84105

    1.1 km

  • ELSDALE STREET SURGERY

    28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY

    ODS code F84601

    1.1 km

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

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

    ODS code F84694

    1.3 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

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

    ODS code F84636

    1.4 km

  • WELL STREET SURGERY

    28 SHORE ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 7TA

    ODS code F84069

    1.4 km

  • THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN

    19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN

    ODS code F84632

    1.4 km

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    1.4 km

  • THE WICK HEALTH CENTRE

    10 KENWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, E9 5TD

    ODS code F84620

    1.5 km

  • FOUNTAYNE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A FOUNTAYNE ROAD, LONDON, N16 7EA

    ODS code F84080

    1.5 km

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84668

    1.6 km

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84619

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 133 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Pembury Road / Downs Park Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.0 miles

  • Pembury Road / Downs Park Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.1 miles

  • Pembury Circus

    BCT · Hackney

    0.1 miles

  • Pembury Circus

    BCT · Hackney

    0.1 miles

  • Clarence Road Hackney

    BCT · Hackney

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 016C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,085 of 33,755

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

Schools

355 open schools are in scope, including 185 primary and 48 secondary schools. Stormont House School is the nearest published school at 169 m.

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

Recorded crime

17,880 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,490 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,892 events.

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