Schools
384 open schools are in scope, including 184 primary and 54 secondary schools. The New North Academy is the nearest published school at 89 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
N1 8RF
St Mary's & St James' · Islington · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
- Postcode district
- N1
- Postcode sector
- N1 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- N1 8RF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 1983
- Terminated
- 1 August 2006
- Postcode area
- N
- Postcode district
- N1
- Postcode sector
- N1 8
- Latitude
- 51.538956
- Longitude
- -0.095371
- British National Grid easting
- 532,186
- British National Grid northing
- 183,947
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Islington · E09000019
- Electoral ward
- St Mary's & St James' · E05013710
- Parish or community
- E43000209
- Westminster constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury · E14001306
- Output area
- E00013962
- Lower layer super output area
- Islington 018B · E01002797
- Middle layer super output area
- Islington 018 · E02000571
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
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 384
- Primary
- 184
- Secondary
- 54
- 89 m
The New North Academy
Academy converter
- 342 m
City of London Academy Islington
Academy sponsor led
- 347 m
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 19,617
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,543
- Anti social behaviour 2,435
- Shoplifting 2,150
- Theft from the person 2,097
- Other theft 1,967
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- 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
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
133
within 5 km straight-line
RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE
RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE
ODS code F83002
192 m
ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE
2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS
ODS code F83012
242 m
NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE
287-293 NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N1 7AA
ODS code F83034
308 m
ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
16 1/2 ST PETER'S STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 8JG
ODS code F83032
528 m
SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY
6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR
ODS code F84635
847 m
THE HOXTON SURGERY
12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR
ODS code F84692
847 m
THE MITCHISON ROAD SURGERY
2 MITCHISON ROAD, LONDON, N1 3NG
ODS code F83056
873 m
ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE
28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW
ODS code F83010
943 m
RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE
34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG
ODS code F83021
984 m
DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY
30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT
ODS code F84072
1.2 km
THE LAWSON PRACTICE
ST LEONARDS, 85 NUTTALL ST, LONDON, N1 5HZ
ODS code F84096
1.2 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
THE MILLER PRACTICE
49 HIGHBURY NEW PARK, HIGHBURY, LONDON, N5 2ET
ODS code F83045
1.4 km
AMWELL GROUP PRACTICE
4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB
ODS code F83652
1.6 km
MILDMAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
2A GREEN LANES, LONDON, N16 9NF
ODS code F83053
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 MEDICAL CENTRE
140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD
ODS code F83673
1.7 km
QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE
24 HOLLY STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8 3XP
ODS code F84117
1.7 km
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE
KILLICK STREET HEALTH CTR, 75 KILLICK STREET, LONDON, N1 9RH
ODS code F83063
1.7 km
Showing 20 of 133 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 119 m
Ecclesbourne Road
BCT · Islington
- 122 m
Essex Road Islington
BCT · Islington
- 151 m
Elizabeth Avenue
BCT · Islington
- 163 m
Essex Road Station
BCT · Islington
- 205 m
Essex Road Rail Station
RLY · Islington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 018B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
6,951 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
19,617 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,635 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,543 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.