Property market
The five-year median is £520,000 from 1 recorded sale in N1 1BL. 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.
N1 1BL
Barnsbury · Islington · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- N1 1BL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- N
- Postcode district
- N1
- Postcode sector
- N1 1
- Latitude
- 51.541419
- Longitude
- -0.115919
- British National Grid easting
- 530,754
- British National Grid northing
- 184,184
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Islington · E09000019
- Electoral ward
- Barnsbury · E05013698
- Parish or community
- E43000209
- Westminster constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury · E14001306
- Output area
- E00013504
- Lower layer super output area
- Islington 017D · E01002714
- Middle layer super output area
- Islington 017 · E02000570
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 N1
Property
34 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 15b, Thornhill Crescent, London, N1 1BL | 11 October 2024 | £520,000 |
| 3a, Thornhill Crescent, London, N1 1BL | 30 April 2021 | £1,175,000 |
| 12, Thornhill Crescent, London, N1 1BL | 24 September 2020 | £2,427,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 394
- Primary
- 172
- Secondary
- 49
- 371 m
St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 422 m
Thornhill Primary School
Community school
- 547 m
Robert Blair School and Children's Centre
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 19,627
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,497
- Other theft 2,645
- Anti social behaviour 2,322
- Shoplifting 2,051
- Theft from the person 2,002
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 70
- Postcode households
- 36
- Residents per household
- 1.9
- N1 1 residents
- 9,738
30 female, 40 male
Age bands in N1 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 43.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.8%
1,436 residents
1,027 residents
4,495 residents
2,264 residents
1,115 residents
This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider N1 1 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+
- 89.5%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 89.5%
- Gigabit-capable
- 89.5%
- 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 1,044
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 290
- Latest available record date
- 28 August 2025
London Borough of Camden
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.
Latest available applications
- 2025/3699/P Date not supplied 731 m away
Amendments to external alterations to side access elevation, internal basement access, and the rear elevation of the rear extension, approved under planning permission 2022/5408/P dated 16/02/2023
15 York Way London N7 9QG
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/3474/P Date not supplied 822 m away
Installation of two kiosks for a five year period
Granary Square & Canal Square King's Cross Central London N1C 4AA
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/2142/P Date not supplied 904 m away
Replacement of timber sash windows with like-for-like double glazed timber sash windows.
Flat B 31 Cantelowes Road London NW1 9XR
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/1025/P Date not supplied 650 m away
Retrospective application for removal of portacabins on the western and southern boundaries and provision of replacement single storey operational buildings.
Linear Land North of Freight Lane Freight Lane London
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/0786/P Date not supplied 816 m away
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
34 Marquis Road London NW1 9UB
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/2821/P Decision dated 28 August 2025 955 m away
Erection of a single storey rear extension and replacement of windows on all elevations.
4 Cantelowes Road London NW1 9XJ
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/2927/P Decision dated 27 August 2025 822 m away
Installation of traffic management measures comprising bollards, benches, planters, control cabinets, control pillars; and repaving of surfaces
King's Cross Central York Way London N1C
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/0805/P Decision dated 18 August 2025 761 m away
Retention of glazed lobby to external roof space at rear first floor level
Flat A, 160 Agar Grove London NW1 9TY
London Borough of Camden Refused and Warning of Enforcement Action to be Taken - 2025/2747/P Decision dated 13 August 2025 767 m away
Change of use from cookery school (Class F1) to restaurant (Class E) and installation of projecting sign frame to south elevation
Midland Goods Shed Wharf Road London N1C 4BZ
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/2770/L Decision dated 13 August 2025 767 m away
Internal alterations associated with new restaurant, including new partitions at ground and extended mezzanine levels, alterations to glazing , two new internal openings at ground floor and associated works. New projecting sign frame on south elevation
Midland Goods Shed Wharf Road London N1C 4BZ
London Borough of Camden Granted - 2025/2653/T Decision dated 17 July 2025 886 m away
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Fig (T1) - Reduce crown to historic pruning points (by up to 1.5m) approx. 2.5m from ground level.
72 Marquis Road London NW1 9UB
London Borough of Camden No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CA - 2025/2228/T Decision dated 17 July 2025 922 m away
(TPO REF: C10 - G6) REAR GARDEN: 1 x Lime (T1) - Pollard/reduction in size, leaving a standing stem of approximately 6m. 1 x Lime (T2) - Remove the least dominant stem that is currently touching the outhouse and reduce the remaining canopy back to the most recent previous points of reduction. 1 x Lime (T3) - Fell to ground level.
32 Cantelowes Road London NW1 9XT
London Borough of Camden Approve Works (TPO)
Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.
GP practices
129
within 5 km
BARNSBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE
8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL
ODS code F83033
328 m
MEDICUS SELECT CARE
BINGFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL
ODS code Y03103
328 m
ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE
28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW
ODS code F83010
790 m
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CTR, 75 KILLICK STREET, LONDON, N1 9RH
ODS code F83063
828 m
RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE
34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG
ODS code F83021
931 m
THE GOODINGE GROUP PRACTICE
GOODINGE HEALTH CENTRE, GOODINGE CLOSE, 20 NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N7 9EW
ODS code F83008
1.0 km
THE NORTHERN MEDICAL CENTRE
HOLLOWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, 11 HORNSEY STREET, LONDON, N7 8GG
ODS code F83060
1.1 km
ISLINGTON GP FEDERATION
UNIT 16-18, 8 HORNSEY STREET, LONDON, N7 8EG
ODS code Y05190
1.1 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD
ODS code F83673
1.2 km
ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
16 1/2 ST PETER'S STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 8JG
ODS code F83032
1.2 km
RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE
RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE
ODS code F83002
1.3 km
SOBELL MEDICAL CENTRE
272 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 6NE
ODS code F83680
1.4 km
PARTNERSHIP PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
331 CAMDEN ROAD, LONDON, N7 0SL
ODS code F83681
1.5 km
AMWELL GROUP PRACTICE
4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB
ODS code F83652
1.5 km
KINGS CROSS SURGERY
77-83 CHALTON STREET, LONDON, NW1 1HY
ODS code F83635
1.6 km
SOMERS TOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALTON STREET, LONDON, NW1 1HY
ODS code F83683
1.6 km
AMPTHILL & REGENTS PARK PRACTICE
57-59 CROWNDALE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 1TN
ODS code F83006
1.7 km
ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE
2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS
ODS code F83012
1.7 km
NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE
287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA
ODS code F83034
1.7 km
JAMES WIGG PRACTICE
KENTISH TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, 2 BARTHOLOMEW ROAD, LONDON, NW5 2BX
ODS code F83023
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 129 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
- 0.1 miles
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Station
BCT · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
Story Street
BCT · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
Story Street
BCT · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Rail Station
RLY · Barnsbury
- 0.1 miles
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Station
BCT · Barnsbury
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 017D, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,109 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
- 2
- Medium risk addresses
- 4
- Low risk addresses
- 5
- 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
394 open schools are in scope, including 172 primary and 49 secondary schools. St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 371 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
19,627 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,635.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,497 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.