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Hackney Central

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 10–20%
Census 2021
12,719
Households
5,688
Crimes · Sep '26
231
5,688
Households
White Brit. · 29%
Ethnicity
No religion · 39%
Religion
Most deprived 10⁠–⁠20%
Avg IMD
231
Crimes · Sep '26
£500,000
Median property price · Hackney Central · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 87 sales
203
Postcodes

Sold prices in Hackney Central

England & Wales
Property sales · Hackney Central
HM Land Registry · Hackney Central
Average price
£589,531
Median price: £500,000
Median -5.8% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 87 sales
View district E8
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 2 sales · avg £737,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£738k£563k£388k
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 Hackney Central

England & Wales
Crime trends · Hackney Central

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
50
YoY -14%
735536
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
38
YoY +65%
624222
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY -50%
25155
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
15
YoY —
24155
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —

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

1680
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
72
YoY -12%
1007754
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Shoplifting
50
YoY +138%
503010
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

3 of 4 key categories improving · shoplifting up sharply · asb rising

231
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Hackney Central

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,719
White Brit.29.3%
African14.5%
Other White14.4%
Caribbean8.8%
Other ethnic group6.8%
+ 14 other groups · 26.2%

Religion

Total residents: 12,720
No religion39.2%
Christian33.5%
Muslim14.3%
Not answered6.7%
Other religion1.9%
+ 4 other religions · 4.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,719
25–3426.5%
35–4922.1%
50–6415.6%
20–246.6%
10–156.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 22.8%

Households

Total households: 5,688
One person: other28.6%
Other household types, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over11.8%
Lone parent family: With dependent children10.3%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.0%
+ 9 other households · 30.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Hackney Central

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 10–20%
Mean decile 2.22 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 10–20% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 2.22 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Hackney Central

0% of postcodes (0 of 203) 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 1203 (100%)

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

Transport in Hackney Central

Hackney Downs is about a minute’s walk from the centre

Rail · 77 m

  • Hackney Downs

    Rail

    77 m

  • Hackney Central

    Rail

    301 m

Bus stops

  • Hackney Downs/ Dalston Lane

    Bus

    101 m

  • Amhurst Road / Hackney Downs

    Bus

    110 m

  • Hackney Downs Station

    Bus

    123 m

  • Pembury Circus

    Bus

    156 m

  • Amhurst Road / Dalston Lane

    Bus

    169 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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Overview of Hackney Central

Coordinates51.5483, -0.0599
Postcodes
203
Census 2021
12,719
Households (Census)
5,688
Recorded crime · Sep '26
231

Postcode Districts in Hackney Central

E8
167 postcodes
E5
36 postcodes

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