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N4 2FX

Brownswood · Hackney · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Hackney
Constituency
Tottenham
Postcode district
N4
Postcode sector
N4 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
N4 2FL 30 m
N4 2FR 40 m
N4 2FY 57 m
N4 2FA 59 m
N4 2FQ 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
N4 2FX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
N
Postcode district
N4
Postcode sector
N4 2
Latitude
51.564698
Longitude
-0.094613
British National Grid easting
532,164
British National Grid northing
186,811

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Hackney · E09000012
Parish or community
E43000202
Westminster constituency
Tottenham · E14001553
Output area
E00008554
Lower layer super output area
Hackney 007C · E01001717
Middle layer super output area
Hackney 007 · E02000351

Postcode source versions

Explore N4

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Heron Drive, London, N4 2FX 21 June 2021 £690,000
6, Heron Drive, London, N4 2FX 12 March 2020 £515,000
4, Heron Drive, London, N4 2FX 25 October 2019 £425,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
334
Primary
180
Secondary
48
  1. Parkwood Primary School

    Community school

    327 m
  2. Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre

    Community school

    547 m
  3. Gillespie Primary School

    Community school

    643 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13,856
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,580
  • Anti social behaviour 1,766
  • Theft from the person 1,676
  • Other theft 1,130
  • Drugs 967

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42
25 female, 17 male
Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.5
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider N4 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

123

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE ALLERTON ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84716

    317 m

  • THE CEDAR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84036

    431 m

  • THE HERON PRACTICE

    GREEN LANES, LONDON, N4 2NU

    ODS code F84119

    431 m

  • BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84008

    880 m

  • THE STATHAM GROVE SURGERY

    STATHAM GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 9DP

    ODS code F84115

    881 m

  • HIGHBURY GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-5 HIGHBURY GRANGE, LONDON, N5 2QB

    ODS code F83660

    1.1 km

  • THE VILLAGE PRACTICE

    115 ISLEDON ROAD, LONDON, N7 7JJ

    ODS code F83664

    1.2 km

  • THE SURGERY (CRANWICH ROAD)

    THE SURGERY, 62 CRANWICH ROAD, LONDON, N16 5JF

    ODS code F84686

    1.3 km

  • THE ANDOVER MEDICAL CENTRE

    1ST FLOOR, ANDOVER MED CENTRE, 7 NEWINGTON BARROW WAY, LONDON, N7 7EP

    ODS code F83666

    1.4 km

  • BRIDGE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    96 UMFREVILLE ROAD, LONDON, N4 1TL

    ODS code Y03135

    1.4 km

  • THE MILLER PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83045

    1.5 km

  • STROUD GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    181 STROUD GREEN ROAD, LONDON, N4 3PZ

    ODS code F83686

    1.5 km

  • THE 157 MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F85067

    1.5 km

  • MILDMAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A GREEN LANES, LONDON, N16 9NF

    ODS code F83053

    1.5 km

  • SPRING HILL PRACTICE

    BELFAST ROAD, LONDON, N16 6UH

    ODS code Y03049

    1.6 km

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

    BROOKE ROAD SURGERY, 40-42 BROOKE ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7LR

    ODS code F84694

    1.7 km

  • SOBELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 6NE

    ODS code F83680

    1.8 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

    6 BARRETTS GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 8AR

    ODS code F84636

    1.8 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD

    ODS code F83673

    1.8 km

  • HANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    51 HANLEY ROAD, ISLINGTON, LONDON, N4 3DU

    ODS code Y01066

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 123 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Myddleton Avenue

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    136 m
  • Lordship Park

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    140 m
  • Brownswood Road / Green Lanes

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    160 m
  • Green Lanes

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    211 m
  • Gloucester Drive

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    226 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hackney 007C, 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

13,095 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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

334 open schools are in scope, including 180 primary and 48 secondary schools. Parkwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 327 m.

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

Recorded crime

13,856 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,155 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,580 events.

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