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N1 8LF

St Peter's & Canalside · Islington · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Peter's & Canalside
Local authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury
Postcode district
N1
Postcode sector
N1 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
N1 8EZ 25 m
N1 8LH 30 m
N1 8DJ 48 m
N1 8GH 62 m
N1 8GJ 62 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
N1 8LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
N
Postcode district
N1
Postcode sector
N1 8
Latitude
51.531546
Longitude
-0.098694
British National Grid easting
531,977
British National Grid northing
183,117

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Islington · E09000019
Electoral ward
St Peter's & Canalside · E05013711
Parish or community
E43000209
Westminster constituency
Islington South and Finsbury · E14001306
Output area
E00174808
Lower layer super output area
Islington 020F · E01035655
Middle layer super output area
Islington 020 · E02000573

Postcode source versions

Explore N1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
402
Primary
190
Secondary
55

  1. Hanover Primary School

    Community school

    156 m

  2. The ArtsXchange

    Free schools alternative provision

    169 m

  3. Moreland Primary School

    Community school

    353 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
24,752
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,025
  • Theft from the person 3,216
  • Shoplifting 3,195
  • Other theft 3,146
  • Anti social behaviour 2,530

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

12 female, 5 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.1
N1 8 residents
8,106

Age bands in N1 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

1,017 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.3%

987 residents

Age 25 to 44
41.7%

3,096 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.3%

1,586 residents

Age 65 and over
10%

743 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider N1 8 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

136

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83032

    473 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

    666 m

  • RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG

    ODS code F83021

    727 m

  • NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F83034

    830 m

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    854 m

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    854 m

  • AMWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB

    ODS code F83652

    925 m

  • ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS

    ODS code F83012

    957 m

  • RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE

    ODS code F83002

    1.0 km

  • CLERKENWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83624

    1.0 km

  • DR SEGARAJASINGHE

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

    ODS code F83678

    1.0 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.4 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    1.4 km

  • KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F83063

    1.4 km

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP CHANCERY LANE

    77 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON, WC1X 8TS

    ODS code F83042

    1.5 km

  • ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW

    ODS code F83010

    1.5 km

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.6 km

  • BARNSBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL

    ODS code F83033

    1.7 km

  • MEDICUS SELECT CARE

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

    ODS code Y03103

    1.7 km

  • THE MITCHISON ROAD SURGERY

    2 MITCHISON ROAD, LONDON, N1 3NG

    ODS code F83056

    1.7 km

Showing 20 of 136 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Central Street

    BCT · Angel

    0.1 miles

  • Central Street

    BCT · Angel

    0.1 miles

  • Hall Street

    BCT · Finsbury

    0.2 miles

  • Angel Islington

    BCT · Angel

    0.2 miles

  • City University

    BCT · Finsbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 020F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,832 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 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
10
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

402 open schools are in scope, including 190 primary and 55 secondary schools. Hanover Primary School is the nearest published school at 156 m.

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

Recorded crime

24,752 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,062.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,025 events.

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