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N1 8RQ

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

Updated September 2026

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Post town
London
Ward
St Mary's & St James'
Local authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury
Postcode district
N1
Postcode sector
N1 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
N1 8LU 34 m
N1 8QN 37 m
N1 8RJ 49 m
N1 2SL 54 m
N1 8QW 58 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
N1 8RQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
N
Postcode district
N1
Postcode sector
N1 8
Latitude
51.538696
Longitude
-0.098208
British National Grid easting
531,990
British National Grid northing
183,913

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
E00013973
Lower layer super output area
Islington 018D · E01002799
Middle layer super output area
Islington 018 · E02000571

Postcode source versions

Explore N1

Property

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23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hayhurst Court, Flat 5, Dibden Street, London, N1 8RQ 28 June 2021 £341,600
Hayhurst Court, Flat 21, Dibden Street, London, N1 8RQ 8 December 2014 £390,000
17 Hayhurst, Dibden Street, London, N1 8RQ 21 November 2014 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
390
Primary
186
Secondary
54

  1. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    176 m

  2. The New North Academy

    Academy converter

    254 m

  3. City of London Academy Islington

    Academy sponsor led

    278 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
19,341
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,614
  • Anti social behaviour 2,474
  • Shoplifting 2,148
  • Other theft 1,968
  • Theft from the person 1,898

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

17 female, 14 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
1.4
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 0.4% 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

132

within 5 km straight-line

  • RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    RIVER PLACE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE

    ODS code F83002

    232 m

  • ST PETER'S STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83032

    387 m

  • ELIZABETH AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    2 ELIZABETH AVENUE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N1 3BS

    ODS code F83012

    441 m

  • NEW NORTH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F83034

    479 m

  • RITCHIE STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    34 RITCHIE STREET, LONDON, N1 0DG

    ODS code F83021

    800 m

  • ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    28 LAYCOCK STREET, LONDON, N1 1SW

    ODS code F83010

    827 m

  • SHOREDITCH PARK SURGERY

    6-10 RUSHTON STREET, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84635

    978 m

  • THE HOXTON SURGERY

    12 RUSHTON STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 5DR

    ODS code F84692

    978 m

  • THE MITCHISON ROAD SURGERY

    2 MITCHISON ROAD, LONDON, N1 3NG

    ODS code F83056

    1.0 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

  • DE BEAUVOIR SURGERY

    30 HERTFORD ROAD, LONDON, N1 5QT

    ODS code F84072

    1.4 km

  • THE LAWSON PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84096

    1.4 km

  • BARNSBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 BINGFIELD STREET, LONDON, N1 0AL

    ODS code F83033

    1.5 km

  • MEDICUS SELECT CARE

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

    ODS code Y03103

    1.5 km

  • AMWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    4 NAOROJI STREET, ISLINGTON, LONDON, WC1X 0GB

    ODS code F83652

    1.5 km

  • THE MILLER PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83045

    1.5 km

  • KILLICK STREET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F83063

    1.5 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD

    ODS code F83673

    1.6 km

  • CLERKENWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83624

    1.7 km

  • DR SEGARAJASINGHE

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

    ODS code F83678

    1.7 km

Showing 20 of 132 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Cross Street (N1)

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles

  • Cross Street (N1)

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles

  • Cross Street / Dagmar Terrace

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles

  • Essex Road Station

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles

  • Cross Street / Dagmar Terrace

    BCT · Islington

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 018D, 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

8,730 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

Schools

390 open schools are in scope, including 186 primary and 54 secondary schools. St Mary's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 176 m.

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

Recorded crime

19,341 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,611.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,614 events.

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