N1 2RU

St Mary's & St James' · Islington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Islington
Postcode district
N1
Postcode sector
N1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
N1 2RS 30 m
N1 2RR 40 m
N1 2SZ 40 m
N1 2SH 50 m
N1 2RT 51 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
N1 2RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
N
Postcode district
N1
Postcode sector
N1 2
Latitude
51.537711
Longitude
-0.101234
British National Grid easting
531,783
British National Grid northing
183,798

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Islington · E09000019
Parish or community
E43000209
Output area
E00013930
Lower layer super output area
Islington 016F · E01002793
Middle layer super output area
Islington 016 · E02000569

Postcode source versions

Explore N1

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Robinson Court, Flat 4, St Marys Path, London, N1 2RU 29 February 2024 £350,000
Robinson Court, Flat 3, St Marys Path, London, N1 2RU 23 February 2024 £320,569

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
400
Primary
186
Secondary
52
  1. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    223 m
  2. Richard Cloudesley School

    Community special school

    266 m
  3. City of London Academy Islington

    Academy sponsor led

    301 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20,673
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,820
  • Anti social behaviour 2,537
  • Shoplifting 2,458
  • Other theft 2,343
  • Theft from the person 2,126

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
86

51 female, 35 male

Postcode households
37
Residents per household
2.3
N1 2 residents
10,939

Age bands in N1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,761 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,105 residents

Age 25 to 44
42.1%

4,619 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.9%

2,401 residents

Age 65 and over
9.8%

1,074 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider N1 2 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

133

within 5 km

  • ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83032

    237 m

  • RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE

    ODS code F83002

    450 m

  • RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG

    ODS code F83021

    565 m

  • ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS

    ODS code F83012

    665 m

  • NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F83034

    671 m

  • ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW

    ODS code F83010

    815 m

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    1.1 km

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    1.1 km

  • THE MITCHISON ROAD SURGERY

    2 MITCHISON ROAD, LONDON, N1 3NG

    ODS code F83056

    1.3 km

  • BARNSBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL

    ODS code F83033

    1.3 km

  • MEDICUS SELECT CARE

    BINGFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL

    ODS code Y03103

    1.3 km

  • AMWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB

    ODS code F83652

    1.3 km

  • KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE

    KILLICK STREET HEALTH CTR, 75 KILLICK STREET, LONDON, N1 9RH

    ODS code F83063

    1.3 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

    1.3 km

  • CLERKENWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP

    ODS code F83624

    1.5 km

  • DR SEGARAJASINGHE

    FINSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0LP

    ODS code F83678

    1.5 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.6 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.6 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD

    ODS code F83673

    1.6 km

  • THE MILLER PRACTICE

    49 HIGHBURY NEW PARK, HIGHBURY, LONDON, N5 2ET

    ODS code F83045

    1.7 km

Showing 20 of 133 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

  • Packington Street

    BCT · Upper Street

    0.0 miles
  • St Mary's Church (N1)

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles
  • Packington Street

    BCT · Upper Street

    0.1 miles
  • Cross Street (N1)

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles
  • Cross Street (N1)

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 016F, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,222 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £335,284 from 2 recorded sales in N1 2RU. 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.

Schools

400 open schools are in scope, including 186 primary and 52 secondary schools. St Mary's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 223 m.

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

Recorded crime

20,673 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,722.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,820 events.

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