Schools
395 open schools are in scope, including 207 primary and 51 secondary schools. The Lyceum is the nearest published school at 107 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
EC2A 2EQ
Hoxton East & Shoreditch · Hackney · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Postcode district
- EC2A
- Postcode sector
- EC2A 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- EC2A 2EQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- EC
- Postcode district
- EC2A
- Postcode sector
- EC2A 2
- Latitude
- 51.521268
- Longitude
- -0.084376
- British National Grid easting
- 533,000
- British National Grid northing
- 182,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Hackney · E09000012
- Electoral ward
- Hoxton East & Shoreditch · E05009377
- Parish or community
- E43000202
- Westminster constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch · E14001260
- Output area
- E00008834
- Lower layer super output area
- Hackney 033C · E01033708
- Middle layer super output area
- Hackney 033 · E02007111
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 EC2A
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 395
- Primary
- 207
- Secondary
- 51
- 107 m
The Lyceum
Other independent school
- 403 m
Workers' Educational Association
Further education
- 455 m
Central Foundation Boys' School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 28,111
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5,259
- Other theft 4,509
- Theft from the person 3,892
- Shoplifting 3,658
- Anti social behaviour 2,195
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- EC2A 2 residents
- 285
Age bands in EC2A 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 3.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 28.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 57.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 10.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 0.4%
9 residents
67 residents
136 residents
24 residents
1 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.
GP practices
123
within 5 km straight-line
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
872 m
HEALTH E1
9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU
ODS code F84733
953 m
THE NEAMAN PRACTICE
15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF
ODS code F84640
967 m
THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE
20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB
ODS code F84081
1.1 km
STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU
ODS code F84051
1.2 km
THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.
10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA
ODS code F84718
1.4 km
SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY
6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR
ODS code F84635
1.4 km
THE HOXTON SURGERY
12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR
ODS code F84692
1.4 km
GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE
11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF
ODS code F84039
1.4 km
THE LAWSON PRACTICE
ST LEONARDS, 85 NUTTALL ST, LONDON, N1 5HZ
ODS code F84096
1.4 km
BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.
60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL
ODS code F84083
1.5 km
CLERKENWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE
FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP
ODS code F83624
1.7 km
DR SEGARAJASINGHE
FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP
ODS code F83678
1.7 km
ALBION HEALTH CENTRE
333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU
ODS code F84012
1.9 km
NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE
287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA
ODS code F83034
1.9 km
ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE
FLAT 12, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, 50 THOMAS MORE STREET, LONDON, E1W 1UA
ODS code F84731
1.9 km
ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
16 1/2 ST PETER'S STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 8JG
ODS code F83032
2.0 km
DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY
30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT
ODS code F84072
2.0 km
AMWELL GROUP PRACTICE
4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB
ODS code F83652
2.0 km
ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE
2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS
ODS code F83012
2.0 km
Showing 20 of 123 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Finsbury Square
BCT · Old Street
- 0.1 miles
Finsbury Square
BCT · Old Street
- 0.1 miles
Finsbury Square
BCT · Old Street
- 0.1 miles
Finsbury Square / Moorgate
BCT · Old Street
- 0.1 miles
Finsbury Square
BCT · Old Street
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 033C, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
19,894 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
28,111 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,342.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,259 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.