Schools
399 open schools are in scope, including 192 primary and 56 secondary schools. The ArtsXchange is the nearest published school at 150 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
EC1V 8AS
St Peter's & Canalside · Islington · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
- Postcode district
- EC1V
- Postcode sector
- EC1V 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- EC1V 8AS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 2005
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- EC
- Postcode district
- EC1V
- Postcode sector
- EC1V 8
- Latitude
- 51.528884
- Longitude
- -0.097003
- British National Grid easting
- 532,102
- British National Grid northing
- 182,824
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Islington · E09000019
- Electoral ward
- St Peter's & Canalside · E05013711
- Parish or community
- E43000209
- Westminster constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury · E14001306
- Output area
- E00183988
- Lower layer super output area
- Islington 023B · E01002702
- Middle layer super output area
- Islington 023 · E02000576
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore EC1V
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 399
- Primary
- 192
- Secondary
- 56
- 150 m
The ArtsXchange
Free schools alternative provision
- 170 m
Moreland Primary School
Community school
- 387 m
City University
Higher education institutions
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 24,944
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,908
- Theft from the person 3,420
- Other theft 3,294
- Shoplifting 3,132
- Anti social behaviour 2,412
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 7
- Postcode households
- 5
- Residents per household
- 1.4
- EC1V 8 residents
- 2,291
4 female, 3 male
Age bands in EC1V 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 37.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 16.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
386 residents
365 residents
726 residents
328 residents
148 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EC1V 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
130
within 5 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
CITY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, UNIT 1-3 GROUND FLOOR, CITY HOUSE, 190-196 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2QH
ODS code F83064
425 m
ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
16 1/2 ST PETER'S STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 8JG
ODS code F83032
791 m
SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY
6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR
ODS code F84635
876 m
THE HOXTON SURGERY
12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR
ODS code F84692
876 m
CLERKENWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE
FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP
ODS code F83624
934 m
DR SEGARAJASINGHE
FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP
ODS code F83678
934 m
AMWELL GROUP PRACTICE
4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB
ODS code F83652
961 m
RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE
34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG
ODS code F83021
995 m
NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE
287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA
ODS code F83034
1.0 km
THE NEAMAN PRACTICE
15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF
ODS code F84640
1.1 km
ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE
2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS
ODS code F83012
1.2 km
RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE
RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE
ODS code F83002
1.3 km
THE LAWSON PRACTICE
ST LEONARDS, 85 NUTTALL ST, LONDON, N1 5HZ
ODS code F84096
1.3 km
GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP CHANCERY LANE
77 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON, WC1X 8TS
ODS code F83042
1.4 km
STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU
ODS code F84051
1.6 km
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CTR, 75 KILLICK STREET, LONDON, N1 9RH
ODS code F83063
1.6 km
HOLBORN MEDICAL CENTRE
64-66 LAMBS CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, WC1N 3NA
ODS code F83058
1.7 km
DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY
30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT
ODS code F84072
1.7 km
THE BLOOMSBURY SURGERY
1 HANDEL STREET, LONDON, WC1N 1PD
ODS code F83044
1.8 km
ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE
28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW
ODS code F83010
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 130 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
- 0.1 miles
Lever Street
BCT · St Lukes
- 0.1 miles
Central Street
BCT · Angel
- 0.1 miles
Central Street
BCT · Angel
- 0.2 miles
Windsor Terrace
BCT · Old Street
- 0.2 miles
Windsor Terrace
BCT · Old Street
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 023B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,606 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
Recorded crime
24,944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,078.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,908 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.