Dalston

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 30–40%
Census 2021
8,880
Households
3,998
Crimes · Sep '26
205
3,998
Households
White Brit. · 36%
Ethnicity
No religion · 48%
Religion
Most deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
205
Crimes · Sep '26
£629,500
Median property price · Dalston · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 78 sales
148
Postcodes

Sold prices in Dalston

England & Wales
Property sales · Dalston
HM Land Registry · Dalston
Average price
£692,351
Median price: £629,500
Median -3.2% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 78 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 1 sale · avg £792,840
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£843k£653k£463k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Dalston

England & Wales
Crime trends · Dalston

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
43
YoY +26%
654627
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
55
YoY -20%
825324
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
6
YoY —
17114
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
6
YoY —
19124
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —

Metropolitan Police figures for this category are incomplete on police.uk from May 2026, so the change is not shown.

1370
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
95
YoY -26%
14311892
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

2 of 3 key categories improving · violent crime rising

205
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Dalston

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,877
White Brit.35.8%
Other White20.1%
African9.6%
Caribbean6.0%
Other ethnic group5.7%
+ 14 other groups · 22.8%

Religion

Total residents: 8,879
No religion47.9%
Christian27.9%
Muslim11.1%
Not answered7.7%
Jewish1.6%
+ 4 other religions · 3.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 8,880
25–3436.1%
35–4923.4%
50–6412.6%
20–246.7%
10–154.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 16.7%

Households

Total households: 3,998
One person: other28.4%
Other household types, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over18.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children14.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children7.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children6.4%
+ 9 other households · 25.8%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Dalston

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 3.91 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.91 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Dalston

0% of postcodes (0 of 148) are in Flood Zone 3 and 0% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 30 (0%)
  • Zone 20 (0%)
  • Zone 1148 (100%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Dalston

Dalston Junction is a 3-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 242 m

  • Dalston Junction

    Rail

    242 m
  • Dalston Kingsland

    Rail

    297 m

Bus stops

  • Dalston Lane /Dalston Junction Station

    Bus

    110 m
  • Dalston Junction Station

    Bus

    131 m
  • Ridley Road Market

    Bus

    168 m
  • Graham Road (E8)

    Bus

    168 m
  • Dalston Lane

    Bus

    240 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Rail, Bus

Amenities in Hackney

GPs make up most of the mapped places

49 GPs · 11 Libraries · 7 Universities · 77 in all

  • GPs49
  • Libraries11
  • Universities7
  • Museums6
  • Hospitals4

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

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Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Schools in Dalston

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

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School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Overview of Dalston

Coordinates51.5469, -0.0719
Postcodes
148
Census 2021
8,880
Households (Census)
3,998
Recorded crime · Sep '26
205

Postcode Districts in Dalston

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