Property market
The five-year median is £725,000 from 193 recorded sales in EC1Y. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Islington is £673,384 in June 2026, down 8.1% year on year.
EC1Y
UK postcode district
Part of London
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 447
- Current units
- 174
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 273
Postcode sectors in EC1Y
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Property
1,801 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 153, Flat 1, Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8JL | 3 July 2026 | £710,000 |
| Lexington Apartments, 40, 66, City Road, London, EC1Y 2AN | 12 June 2026 | £765,000 |
| Bowater House, Flat 4, Golden Lane Estate, London, EC1Y 0RJ | 12 June 2026 | £525,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 2
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,488
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 537
- Theft from the person 370
- Violence and sexual offences 322
- Other theft 303
- Drugs 203
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- EC1Y usual residents
- 3,965
- Age-profile population
- 3,677
Age bands in EC1Y
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.7%
- 541 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- 427 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 36.1%
- 1,328 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- 939 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 12%
- 442 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 165 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, 141 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 139 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.
Evidence in context
Schools
2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,488 published events cover 12 months, averaging 207 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 537 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.