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EC1A

UK postcode district

Part of London

Updated September 2026

District overview

Postcode units
621
Current units
165
Coordinate coverage
100%
Electoral wards
8

Coverage context

Countries represented
England
English regions represented
London
Local authority codes
2
Terminated postcode units
456

Postcode sectors in EC1A

Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.

5 sectors
1,569 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Flat 42, Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7ES 7 July 2026 £410,000
43, Flat 35, Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7HN 29 June 2026 £563,500
5, Flat C, Middle Street, London, EC1A 7JA 5 June 2026 £550,000

Recorded crime

Across this district

View crime report
Published events
202
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 38
  • Theft from the person 33
  • Vehicle crime 31
  • Bicycle theft 25
  • Violence and sexual offences 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

EC1A usual residents
1,282
Age-profile population
1,484

Age bands in EC1A

Postcode district
Age 0 to 14
5.5%
81 residents
Age 15 to 24
27.5%
408 residents
Age 25 to 44
45.1%
670 residents
Age 45 to 64
15.2%
225 residents
Age 65 and over
6.7%
100 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

The median Ofcom availability percentage across 97 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.

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%

In this district, 83 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 74 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.

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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

in this district

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £824,768 from 176 recorded sales in EC1A. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for City of London is £712,958 in June 2026, down 20.4% year on year.

Recorded crime

202 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 38 events.

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