E5 8QL

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 8BE 27 m
E5 8BJ 27 m
E5 8PX 49 m
E5 8PJ 64 m
E5 8QQ 64 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E5 8QL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2007
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8
Latitude
51.557407
Longitude
-0.065099
British National Grid easting
534,231
British National Grid northing
186,054

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Parish or community
E43000202
Output area
E00176270
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 010B · E01001765
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 010 · E02000354

Postcode source versions

Explore E5

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ottaway Court, 55, Flat 25, Rendlesham Road, London, E5 8QL 4 April 2008 £160,000
Ottaway Court, 55, Flat 11, Rendlesham Road, London, E5 8QL 3 November 2006 £155,000
Ottaway Court, 55, Flat 27, Rendlesham Road, London, E5 8QL 20 October 2006 £192,705

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
351
Primary
187
Secondary
48
  1. The Boxing Academy AP Free School

    Free schools alternative provision

    85 m
  2. Benthal Primary School

    Community school

    99 m
  3. St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    236 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16,060
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,304
  • Anti social behaviour 1,833
  • Theft from the person 1,505
  • Shoplifting 1,401
  • Other theft 1,244

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

  • THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    10 KENNINGHALL ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 8BY

    ODS code F84018

    209 m

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

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

    ODS code F84694

    489 m

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    657 m

  • FOUNTAYNE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A FOUNTAYNE ROAD, LONDON, N16 7EA

    ODS code F84080

    780 m

  • ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 ATHERDEN ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 0QP

    ODS code F84060

    868 m

  • SPRING HILL PRACTICE

    BELFAST ROAD, LONDON, N16 6UH

    ODS code Y03049

    985 m

  • LOWER CLAPTON GENERAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84003

    989 m

  • 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 SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

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

    ODS code F84636

    1.1 km

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    1.1 km

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84668

    1.3 km

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84619

    1.3 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.3 km

  • BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84008

    1.3 km

  • MILDMAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A GREEN LANES, LONDON, N16 9NF

    ODS code F83053

    1.5 km

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    1.6 km

  • LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE

    4 HOMERTON TERRACE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6RT

    ODS code F84719

    1.6 km

  • THE STATHAM GROVE SURGERY

    STATHAM GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 9DP

    ODS code F84115

    1.7 km

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 135 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Ottaway Street

    BCT · Shacklewell

    0.0 miles
  • Ottaway Street

    BCT · Shacklewell

    0.0 miles
  • Muir Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.1 miles
  • Downs Road Shacklewell

    BCT · Shacklewell

    0.1 miles
  • Muir Road

    BCT · Lower Clapton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 010B, 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

4,560 of 33,755

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

351 open schools are in scope, including 187 primary and 48 secondary schools. The Boxing Academy AP Free School is the nearest published school at 85 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,060 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,338.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,304 events.

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