Hackney

15°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 15° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Camden - Coopers Lane, United Kingdom

1916 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour493
• Violence & sexual offences449
• Shoplifting171
• Theft from the person153

226 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hackney Central · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

725 reported road collisions (2024)

113 killed or seriously injured · 794 casualties · 28 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 345 rated 4–5 ★ (266 top)
• 23 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Hackney Downs (0.3 km)
• 102 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£605,442 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Hackney · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,644 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,990
• 2 bed £2,475
• 3 bed £2,830

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.1 km)

73 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Downs Park Road (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms25
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches123
• Playgrounds121

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

259,149 residents in Hackney · 13,593/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 73%
• 65+: 8%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 7 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,060 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 120,680)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

107 schools · 42,007 pupils

50 primary · 16 secondary · 41 other

Ofsted: 40 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

73inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hackney

163 CQC-registered services

• Care homes13
• GP practices51
• Dentists42
• Homecare agencies40
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hackney

• Not in the Green Belt
• 342 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

323 applications decided

79.6% granted · 257 granted, 66 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Meg Hillier

Labour (Co-op)

Hackney South and Shoreditch

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 9
• Con 6
• Grn 42

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools41
• GPs & clinics21
• Pharmacies22
• Supermarkets24
• Parks & greens131
• Restaurants & cafés411

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

27,140 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

490 jobs advertised · £41,809 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Riders - Choose when you work!, Gopuff Delivery Riders - Hackney, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£959 median full-time weekly pay

7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,929 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

62% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 139,461 certificates

8.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 10%

178 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.9 women · 59.3 men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

11 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in E8

• London Fields Medical Centre
• Richmond Road Medical Centre
• Beechwood Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hackney South and Shoreditch:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership366 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership305 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s258 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset152 local signatures · 30,175 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office111 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Mossbourne Community Academy · 0.1 km

  Mossbourne Community Academy, or MCA, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located near Hackney Downs off the A104 road, in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney in…

• Hackney Downs School · 0.1 km

  Hackney Downs School was an 11–16 boys, community comprehensive secondary school in Lower Clapton, Greater London, England. It was established in 1876 and closed in 1995. It has been replaced by the Mossbourne Communi…

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  Hackney Downs · 0.1 km

  Hackney Downs is a park and an area of historically common land in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney. The name is sometimes also used to apply to the neighbourhood around the park.

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  Casa Fofo · 0.1 km

  Casa Fofo is a Michelin-starred restaurant in London, United Kingdom.

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  Pembury Estate · 0.4 km

  The Pembury Estate is a housing estate in the London Borough of Hackney in East London next to the Hackney Downs. The Pembury Estate consists of two sections: Old Pembury and New Pembury. Old Pembury consists of 24 19…

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  London Borough of Hackney · 0.4 km

  The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in Inner London, England. The historical and administrative heart of Hackney is Mare Street. The borough is named after Hackney, its principal district. Southern and e…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)