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Highbury

WARD
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
14,387
Households
6,333
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 8.5 per 1k
6,333
Households
White Brit. · 47%
Ethnicity
No religion · 45%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.5 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£730,713
Median property price
253
Postcodes
6,333
Households
White Brit. · 47%
Ethnicity
No religion · 45%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.5 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£730,713
Median property price
253
Postcodes

Sold prices in Highbury

England & Wales
Property sales · Highbury
HM Land Registry · Highbury
Average price
£1,018,426
YoY: -8.5%
Median price: £740,921
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 3 sales · avg £933,333
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.8m£1.2m£645k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '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 Highbury

England & Wales
Crime trends · Highbury

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 yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
29
YoY +32%
332211
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
27
YoY +59%
41247
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
6
YoY -40%
24131
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
1172
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
1580
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · asb rising

123
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Highbury

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Islington.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last published allocation

Straight-line distance from this address. This does not guarantee you will get a place.

  • Highbury Fields School

    Last published allocation was 1,595 m. This address is 157 m (straight line).

    Last year an application from this address would have been prioritised at the last published allocation.

Apply for a primary place via Islington

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Highbury

GPs make up most of the mapped places

50 GPs · 16 Universities · 12 Libraries · 90 in all

  • GPs50
  • Universities16
  • Libraries12
  • Museums9
  • Hospitals3

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

Overview of Highbury

Coordinates51.5532, -0.0993
Postcodes
253
Population (Census)
14,387
Households (Census)
6,333
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 8.5 per 1k

Demographics in Highbury

Ethnicity

Total residents: 14,366
White Brit.46.9%
Other White19.1%
African7.2%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group5.0%
White Irish3.8%
+ 8 other groups · 18.1%

Religion

Total residents: 14,389
No religion45.5%
Christian32.6%
Muslim9.6%
Not answered7.4%
Jewish1.9%
+ 1 other religions · 3.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 14,387
25–3426.1%
35–4922.7%
50–6415.6%
65–746.3%
10–155.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 23.4%

Households

Total households: 6,333
Other25.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.1%
Cohabiting couple family: No children12.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over10.4%
Any member 66+9.0%
+ 8 other households · 29.9%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Highbury

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.59 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.59 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).