N4 2AL

Finsbury Park · Islington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington North
Postcode district
N4
Postcode sector
N4 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
N4 3JG 58 m
N4 3FB 73 m
N4 3EA 96 m
N4 3FQ 101 m
N4 3FR 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
N4 2AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
N
Postcode district
N4
Postcode sector
N4 2
Latitude
51.565932
Longitude
-0.106942
British National Grid easting
531,306
British National Grid northing
186,926

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Islington · E09000019
Parish or community
E43000209
Westminster constituency
Islington North · E14001305
Output area
E00183823
Lower layer super output area
Islington 003A · E01002735
Middle layer super output area
Islington 003 · E02000556

Postcode source versions

Explore N4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
323
Primary
170
Secondary
42
  1. Stroud Green Primary School

    Community school

    350 m
  2. Pooles Park Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    389 m
  3. North Islington Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    451 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,094
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,740
  • Anti social behaviour 1,943
  • Theft from the person 1,652
  • Other theft 1,259
  • Drugs 1,039

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
N4 2 residents
18,730

Age bands in N4 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

2,714 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

1,974 residents

Age 25 to 44
48%

8,750 residents

Age 45 to 64
18.8%

3,425 residents

Age 65 and over
7.4%

1,349 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.

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

122

within 5 km

  • STROUD GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    181 STROUD GREEN ROAD, LONDON, N4 3PZ

    ODS code F83686

    687 m

  • THE 157 MEDICAL PRACTICE

    157 STROUD GREEN ROAD, FINSBURY PARK, LONDON, N4 3PZ

    ODS code F85067

    687 m

  • THE VILLAGE PRACTICE

    115 ISLEDON ROAD, LONDON, N7 7JJ

    ODS code F83664

    723 m

  • THE ANDOVER MEDICAL CENTRE

    ANDOVER MEDICAL CENTRE, 270-282 HORNSEY ROAD, LONDON, N7 7QZ

    ODS code F83666

    805 m

  • THE CEDAR PRACTICE

    JOHN SCOTT HEALTH CENTRE, GREEN LANES, LONDON, N4 2NU

    ODS code F84036

    961 m

  • THE HERON PRACTICE

    GREEN LANES, LONDON, N4 2NU

    ODS code F84119

    961 m

  • HANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    51 HANLEY ROAD, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N4 3DU

    ODS code Y01066

    988 m

  • THE ALLERTON ROAD SURGERY

    34A ALLERTON ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 5UF

    ODS code F84716

    1.1 km

  • BRIDGE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    96 UMFREVILLE ROAD, LONDON, N4 1TL

    ODS code Y03135

    1.4 km

  • ARCHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    652 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N19 3NU

    ODS code F83004

    1.4 km

  • THE BEAUMONT PRACTICE

    HORNSEY RISE HEALTH CENTRE, HORNSEY RISE, LONDON, N19 3YU

    ODS code F83671

    1.4 km

  • THE RISE GROUP PRACTICE

    HORNSEY RISE HEALTH CENTRE, HORNSEY RISE, LONDON, N19 3YU

    ODS code F83039

    1.4 km

  • SOBELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 6NE

    ODS code F83680

    1.4 km

  • HIGHBURY GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-5 HIGHBURY GRANGE, LONDON, N5 2QB

    ODS code F83660

    1.4 km

  • THE STATHAM GROVE SURGERY

    STATHAM GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 9DP

    ODS code F84115

    1.5 km

  • PARTNERSHIP PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    331 CAMDEN ROAD, LONDON, N7 0SL

    ODS code F83681

    1.6 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD

    ODS code F83673

    1.7 km

  • ST JOHNS WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    96 ST. JOHN'S WAY, LONDON, N19 3RN

    ODS code F83015

    1.7 km

  • BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

    233 ALBION ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 9JT

    ODS code F84008

    1.7 km

  • ISLINGTON GP FEDERATION

    UNIT 16-18, 8 HORNSEY STREET, LONDON, N7 8EG

    ODS code Y05190

    1.7 km

Showing 20 of 122 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

  • Finsbury Park Station

    BCT · Finsbury Park

    0.0 miles
  • Finsbury Park Station

    BCT · Finsbury Park

    0.0 miles
  • Finsbury Park Station

    BCT · Finsbury Park

    0.0 miles
  • Finsbury Park Station

    BCT · Finsbury Park

    0.0 miles
  • Finsbury Park Station

    BCT · Finsbury Park

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 003A, 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

10,904 of 33,755

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

Schools

323 open schools are in scope, including 170 primary and 42 secondary schools. Stroud Green Primary School is the nearest published school at 350 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,094 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,257.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,740 events.

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