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EC2A 3AZ

Hoxton East & Shoreditch · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hoxton East & Shoreditch
Local authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Postcode district
EC2A
Postcode sector
EC2A 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E1 6JE 25 m
E1 6JN 51 m
EC2A 3AY 51 m
E1 6JB 68 m
EC2A 3HJ 80 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EC2A 3AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EC
Postcode district
EC2A
Postcode sector
EC2A 3
Latitude
51.526196
Longitude
-0.078330
British National Grid easting
533,405
British National Grid northing
182,559

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
E00176276
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 033C · E01033708
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 033 · E02007111

Postcode source versions

Explore EC2A

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
378
Primary
196
Secondary
49

  1. Virginia Primary School

    Academy converter

    210 m

  2. Workers' Educational Association

    Further education

    287 m

  3. St Monica's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    293 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
26,867
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,759
  • Theft from the person 3,370
  • Other theft 3,338
  • Shoplifting 2,714
  • Anti social behaviour 2,644

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EC2A 3 residents
908

Age bands in EC2A 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
2.8%

34 residents

Age 15 to 24
17.6%

211 residents

Age 25 to 44
66.5%

797 residents

Age 45 to 64
11.3%

135 residents

Age 65 and over
1.8%

22 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

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

124

within 5 km

  • STROUTS PLACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 STROUTS PLACE, PELTER STREET, LONDON, E2 7QU

    ODS code F84051

    468 m

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

    ST LEONARDS, 85 NUTTALL ST, LONDON, N1 5HZ

    ODS code F84096

    847 m

  • 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

    906 m

  • THE BLITHEHALE MED.CTR.

    10-22 DUNBRIDGE STREET, LONDON, E2 6JA

    ODS code F84718

    952 m

  • BETHNAL GREEN HEALTH CTR.

    60 FLORIDA STREET, LONDON, E2 6LL

    ODS code F84083

    982 m

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    998 m

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    1.0 km

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    1.0 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.2 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.4 km

  • NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE

    287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA

    ODS code F83034

    1.6 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    1.6 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.6 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.6 km

  • THE MISSION PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84016

    1.6 km

  • LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    38-44 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON, E8 4QJ

    ODS code F84021

    1.6 km

  • ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS

    ODS code F83012

    1.7 km

  • QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE

    24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP

    ODS code F84117

    1.8 km

  • ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    16 1/2 ST PETER'S STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 8JG

    ODS code F83032

    1.9 km

  • RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE

    ODS code F83002

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 124 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Shoreditch Church

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.0 miles

  • Shoreditch

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.0 miles

  • Calvert Avenue / Shoreditch

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.0 miles

  • Shoreditch Town Hall

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.1 miles

  • Shoreditch Town Hall

    BCT · Shoreditch

    0.1 miles

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.

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

Schools

378 open schools are in scope, including 196 primary and 49 secondary schools. Virginia Primary School is the nearest published school at 210 m.

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

Recorded crime

26,867 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,238.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,759 events.

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