E5 8RQ

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 8RJ 44 m
E5 8RD 71 m
E5 8BN 84 m
E5 8RG 90 m
E5 8RL 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E5 8RQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E5
Postcode sector
E5 8
Latitude
51.562127
Longitude
-0.063413
British National Grid easting
534,334
British National Grid northing
186,582

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Parish or community
E43000202
Output area
E00008810
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 006D · E01001768
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 006 · E02000350

Postcode source versions

Explore E5

43 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
26, Geldeston Road, London, E5 8RQ 15 August 2025 £1,230,000
9a, Ground Floor Flat, Geldeston Road, London, E5 8RQ 24 July 2023 £420,000
32, Geldeston Road, London, E5 8RQ 9 June 2023 £1,350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
336
Primary
186
Secondary
44
  1. Northwold Primary School

    Academy converter

    55 m
  2. St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    379 m
  3. Ohr Emes

    Other independent school

    383 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11,457
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,130
  • Anti social behaviour 1,475
  • Theft from the person 1,003
  • Other theft 892
  • Public order 829

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
113

58 female, 55 male

Postcode households
48
Residents per household
2.4
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 0.7% 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

129

within 5 km straight-line

  • FOUNTAYNE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A FOUNTAYNE ROAD, LONDON, N16 7EA

    ODS code F84080

    281 m

  • THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    10 KENNINGHALL ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 8BY

    ODS code F84018

    436 m

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

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

    ODS code F84694

    557 m

  • HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 UPPER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 9DH

    ODS code F84720

    592 m

  • SPRING HILL PRACTICE

    BELFAST ROAD, LONDON, N16 6UH

    ODS code Y03049

    669 m

  • THE CLAPTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84668

    917 m

  • THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84619

    917 m

  • ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 ATHERDEN ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 0QP

    ODS code F84060

    1.1 km

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    1.1 km

  • LOWER CLAPTON GENERAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84003

    1.2 km

  • STAMFORD HILL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84013

    1.4 km

  • BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84008

    1.4 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

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

    ODS code F84636

    1.5 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

  • THE SURGERY (CRANWICH ROAD)

    THE SURGERY, 62 CRANWICH ROAD, LONDON, N16 5JF

    ODS code F84686

    1.8 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.9 km

  • THE STATHAM GROVE SURGERY

    STATHAM GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 9DP

    ODS code F84115

    1.9 km

  • MILDMAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A GREEN LANES, LONDON, N16 9NF

    ODS code F83053

    1.9 km

  • THE ALLERTON ROAD SURGERY

    34A ALLERTON ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 5UF

    ODS code F84716

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 129 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Geldeston Road

    BCT · Upper Clapton

    0.0 miles
  • Geldeston Road

    BCT · Upper Clapton

    0.1 miles
  • Fountayne Road Stoke Newington

    BCT · Stoke Newington

    0.1 miles
  • Clapton Library

    BCT · Upper Clapton

    0.2 miles
  • Clapton Library

    BCT · Upper Clapton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 006D, 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

12,525 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
2
Low risk addresses
24
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 £1,150,000 from 5 recorded sales in E5 8RQ. 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

336 open schools are in scope, including 186 primary and 44 secondary schools. Northwold Primary School is the nearest published school at 55 m.

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

Recorded crime

11,457 published events cover 12 months, averaging 954.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,130 events.

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