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E8 1EL

Hackney Central · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hackney Central
Local authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Postcode district
E8
Postcode sector
E8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E8 1EJ 34 m
E8 1EN 43 m
E8 1HE 62 m
E9 6NU 73 m
E8 1ES 88 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E8 1EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E8
Postcode sector
E8 1
Latitude
51.545764
Longitude
-0.055453
British National Grid easting
534,934
British National Grid northing
184,777

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
E00008768
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 017D · E01001762
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 017 · E02000361

Postcode source versions

Explore E8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
354
Primary
186
Secondary
46

  1. The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School

    Voluntary aided school

    182 m

  2. Morningside Primary School

    Community school

    370 m

  3. St John and St James CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    461 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17,626
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,729
  • Anti social behaviour 1,916
  • Shoplifting 1,779
  • Theft from the person 1,639
  • Other theft 1,393

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

10 female, 2 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
E8 1 residents
8,677

Age bands in E8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

1,210 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

900 residents

Age 25 to 44
46.2%

3,990 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.9%

1,809 residents

Age 65 and over
8.4%

729 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E8 1 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

126

within 5 km

  • LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE

    4 HOMERTON TERRACE, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6RT

    ODS code F84719

    425 m

  • ELSDALE STREET SURGERY

    28 ELSDALE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 6QY

    ODS code F84601

    536 m

  • WELL STREET SURGERY

    28 SHORE ROAD, HACKNEY, LONDON, E9 7TA

    ODS code F84069

    735 m

  • RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    136 RICHMOND ROAD, LONDON, E8 3HN

    ODS code F84035

    760 m

  • THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN

    19 TUDOR ROAD, LONDON, E9 7SN

    ODS code F84632

    772 m

  • DALSTON PRACTICE

    1B MADINAH ROAD, LONDON, E8 1PG

    ODS code F84063

    844 m

  • SANDRINGHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84621

    844 m

  • LOWER CLAPTON GENERAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84003

    873 m

  • THE LEA SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84105

    902 m

  • ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 ATHERDEN ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 0QP

    ODS code F84060

    1.0 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    86A DALSTON LANE, LONDON, E8 3AH

    ODS code F84038

    1.1 km

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    1.1 km

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    1.2 km

  • THE WICK HEALTH CENTRE

    10 KENWORTHY ROAD, LONDON, E9 5TD

    ODS code F84620

    1.3 km

  • THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    10 KENNINGHALL ROAD, CLAPTON, LONDON, E5 8BY

    ODS code F84018

    1.5 km

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    1.5 km

  • KINGSMEAD HEALTHCARE

    4 KINGSMEAD WAY, LONDON, E9 5QG

    ODS code F84015

    1.6 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

    MISSION MEDICAL PRACTICE, 208 CAMBRIDGE HEATH ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E2 9LS

    ODS code F84016

    1.6 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

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

    ODS code F84636

    1.7 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 126 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

  • Hackney Town Hall

    BCT · Hackney

    0.0 miles

  • Hackney Town Hall

    BCT · Hackney

    0.0 miles

  • Trelawney Estate

    BCT · Hackney

    0.1 miles

  • Hackney Central / Mare Street

    BCT · Hackney

    0.1 miles

  • Hackney Central Station

    RSE · Hackney

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 017D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,609 of 33,755

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

354 open schools are in scope, including 186 primary and 46 secondary schools. The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School is the nearest published school at 182 m.

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

Recorded crime

17,626 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,468.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,729 events.

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