N5 2LU

Highbury · Islington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington North
Postcode district
N5
Postcode sector
N5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
N5 2LR 42 m
N5 2LS 51 m
N5 2JX 61 m
N5 2JZ 62 m
N4 2SZ 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
N5 2LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
N
Postcode district
N5
Postcode sector
N5 2
Latitude
51.560874
Longitude
-0.095047
British National Grid easting
532,145
British National Grid northing
186,385

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Islington · E09000019
Electoral ward
Highbury · E05013704
Parish or community
E43000209
Westminster constituency
Islington North · E14001305
Output area
E00013632
Lower layer super output area
Islington 006A · E01002742
Middle layer super output area
Islington 006 · E02000559

Postcode source versions

Explore N5

52 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
27a, Mountgrove Road, London, N5 2LU 13 February 2024 £587,000
19, Mountgrove Road, London, N5 2LU 31 October 2023 £13,000
1a, Mountgrove Road, London, N5 2LU 28 June 2021 £800,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
345
Primary
184
Secondary
46
  1. Gillespie Primary School

    Community school

    359 m
  2. St Joan of Arc RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    494 m
  3. St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    495 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14,613
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,793
  • Anti social behaviour 1,787
  • Theft from the person 1,777
  • Other theft 1,226
  • Drugs 1,055

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

28 female, 30 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.4
N5 2 residents
13,167

Age bands in N5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

1,736 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,271 residents

Age 25 to 44
43.6%

5,351 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.4%

2,746 residents

Age 65 and over
9.5%

1,162 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider N5 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

123

within 5 km

  • THE STATHAM GROVE SURGERY

    STATHAM GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 9DP

    ODS code F84115

    544 m

  • THE ALLERTON ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84716

    630 m

  • HIGHBURY GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-5 HIGHBURY GRANGE, LONDON, N5 2QB

    ODS code F83660

    643 m

  • BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84008

    775 m

  • THE CEDAR PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84036

    857 m

  • THE HERON PRACTICE

    GREEN LANES, LONDON, N4 2NU

    ODS code F84119

    857 m

  • THE VILLAGE PRACTICE

    115 ISLEDON ROAD, LONDON, N7 7JJ

    ODS code F83664

    1.0 km

  • THE MILLER PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F83045

    1.1 km

  • MILDMAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A GREEN LANES, LONDON, N16 9NF

    ODS code F83053

    1.1 km

  • THE ANDOVER MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F83666

    1.5 km

  • SOBELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 6NE

    ODS code F83680

    1.5 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 HOLLOWAY ROAD, LONDON, N7 8DD

    ODS code F83673

    1.5 km

  • THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)

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

    ODS code F84636

    1.5 km

  • STROUD GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    181 STROUD GREEN ROAD, LONDON, N4 3PZ

    ODS code F83686

    1.7 km

  • THE 157 MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F85067

    1.7 km

  • THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)

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

    ODS code F84694

    1.7 km

  • SPRING HILL PRACTICE

    BELFAST ROAD, LONDON, N16 6UH

    ODS code Y03049

    1.7 km

  • THE SURGERY (CRANWICH ROAD)

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

    ODS code F84686

    1.7 km

  • ISLINGTON GP FEDERATION

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

    ODS code Y05190

    1.7 km

  • SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE

    SOMERFORD GROVE, STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, N16 7UA

    ODS code F84033

    1.7 km

Showing 20 of 123 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Queen's Drive

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    0.1 miles
  • Queen's Drive

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    0.1 miles
  • Kings Crescent Estate

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    0.1 miles
  • Gillespie Road

    BCT · Highbury

    0.2 miles
  • Brownswood Road / Finsbury Park Road

    BCT · Brownswood Park

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Islington 006A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,667 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 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.

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
18
Medium risk addresses
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 2 recorded sales in N5 2LU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Islington is £673,384 in June 2026, down 8.1% year on year.

Schools

345 open schools are in scope, including 184 primary and 46 secondary schools. Gillespie Primary School is the nearest published school at 359 m.

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

Recorded crime

14,613 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,217.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,793 events.

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