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Hackney Downs

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 20–30%
Census 2021
12,999
Households
5,370
Crimes · Sep '26
109
5,370
Households
White Brit. · 31%
Ethnicity
No religion · 39%
Religion
Most deprived 20⁠–⁠30%
Avg IMD
109
Crimes · Sep '26
£575,750
Median property price · Hackney Downs · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 76 sales
208
Postcodes

Sold prices in Hackney Downs

England & Wales
Property sales · Hackney Downs
HM Land Registry · Hackney Downs
Average price
£699,650
Median price: £575,750
Median -10.0% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 76 sales
View district E5
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 6 sales · avg £622,833
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£825k£625k£425k
Oct '25Dec '25Mar '26Aug '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 Downs

England & Wales
Crime trends · Hackney Downs

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
42
YoY +8%
423018
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
15
YoY -52%
422711
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY -62%
16103
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
6
YoY —
20112
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.

1370
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
40
YoY -17%
966228
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

3 of 4 key categories improving · violent crime rising

109
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Hackney Downs

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,998
White Brit.30.9%
Other White14.0%
African12.1%
Caribbean9.0%
Other ethnic group6.4%
+ 14 other groups · 27.6%

Religion

Total residents: 12,998
No religion38.7%
Christian29.9%
Muslim17.6%
Not answered7.2%
Other religion2.8%
+ 4 other religions · 3.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,996
25–3425.1%
35–4924.0%
50–6415.3%
10–156.6%
20–246.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 22.4%

Households

Total households: 5,370
One person: other27.7%
Other household types, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over12.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.0%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.4%
+ 9 other households · 32.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Hackney Downs

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 20–30%
Mean decile 3.15 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 20–30% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.15 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Hackney Downs

0% of postcodes (0 of 208) 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 1208 (100%)

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

Transport in Hackney Downs

Rectory Road is a 6-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 474 m

  • Rectory Road

    Rail

    474 m

Bus stops

  • Muir Road

    Bus

    35 m

  • Nightingale Road (E5)

    Bus

    126 m

  • Kenninghall Road

    Bus

    141 m

  • Ottaway Street

    Bus

    246 m

  • Lea Bridge Roundabout / B6 College

    Bus

    295 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

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Overview of Hackney Downs

Coordinates51.5582, -0.0614
Postcodes
208
Census 2021
12,999
Households (Census)
5,370
Recorded crime · Sep '26
109

Postcode Districts in Hackney Downs

E5
154 postcodes
N16
54 postcodes

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