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Hackney

Hackney is a city in Greater London, England, with a population of around 270,000. It has one school, nine GPs and clinics, ten pharmacies, nine supermarkets, one park and green, and 214 restaurants and cafés, 98 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Hackney Downs, 0.5 km away. There were around 1,246 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hackney area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hackney area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 259,149 residents at roughly 13,593 people per km².

Council
Hackney
County
Greater London
Constituency
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
33/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 270th of 294 English council areas — better than 8% of them.

Low crime6
Home affordability12
Affordable rents2
Good schools95
Life expectancy41
Low deprivation2
Employment2
Low council tax96

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

Crime

1503 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour386
  • Violence & sexual offences371
  • Shoplifting124
  • Other theft112

199 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Homerton · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Working towards a reduction of robberies and violence against women girls and youths across the w…
  • Drug ASB - Clapton Square E5 , St johns Church Yard and Bohemia The resident have asked the policing team to work towards tackling & prev…

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

Road safety

725 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 365 rated 4–5 ★ (289 top)
  • 31 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Homerton (0.6 km)
  • 98 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hackney Central (0.5 km):

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Live buses at Jack Dunning Estate:

  • 425Ilford, Hainault Street · 4 min
  • 488Bromley-By-Bow,Tesco · 6 min
  • 425Ilford, Hainault Street · 13 min
  • 425Ilford, Hainault Street · 26 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£605,442 average 0.4% YoY

Across Hackney · to 2026-06

Detached£1,317,139
Semi-detached£1,180,055
Terraced£952,483
Flat£525,653

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)

68 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Shell Recharge/Ubitricity (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms24
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches176
  • Playgrounds93

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,060 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,374
B £1,602
C £1,831
D £2,060
E £2,518
F £2,976
G £3,434
H £4,121

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Clapton Girls' AcademyOutstanding
  • Mossbourne Community AcademyOutstanding
  • Mossbourne Victoria Park AcademyOutstanding
  • All Saints Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Haggerston SchoolGood
  • Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)Good
  • Skinners' AcademyGood
  • The City Academy, HackneyGood
  • The Excelsior AcademyGood
  • The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary SchoolGood
  • Waterside AcademyGood
  • Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls SchoolGood
  • Cardinal Pole Catholic School
  • City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
  • Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
  • The Bridge Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hackney

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

323 applications decided

79.6% granted · 257 granted, 66 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dame Meg Hillier

Labour (Co-op)

Hackney South and Shoreditch

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 9
  • Con 6
  • Grn 42

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools35
  • GPs & clinics24
  • Pharmacies17
  • Supermarkets14
  • Parks & greens176
  • Restaurants & cafés264

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

27,140 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

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

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 15% · Imports 14% · Nuclear 13%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Homerton University Hospital · 0.1 km

    Homerton University Hospital is a teaching hospital in Homerton in the London Borough of Hackney. It is managed by Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

  • City Academy, Hackney · 0.2 km

    The City Academy, Hackney is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Homerton area of the London Borough of Hackney, England.

  • Sutton House, London · 0.2 km

    Sutton House is a Grade II* listed Tudor manor house in Homerton High Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is owned by the National Trust.

  • Sutton Place, Hackney · 0.2 km

    Sutton Place, is a small street in the London Borough of Hackney. It links Homerton High Street with St John's Church Gardens, in Hackney. The Georgian terrace of 1790–1806, is Grade II listed as a whole, together wit…

  • Church of St John-at-Hackney · 0.2 km

    St John at Hackney is a Grade II* listed Anglican Church in the London Borough of Hackney with a capacity of around 2,000. It was built in 1792 to replace Hackney's medieval parish church, of which St Augustine's Towe…

  • Clapton Square · 0.3 km

    Clapton Square is the second largest garden square in the London Borough of Hackney, located in Lower Clapton, Clapton. It is lined by buildings on three sides. Its Conservation Area designated in 1969 – extended in 1…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hackney?
Hackney is a town in Greater London, England, in the Hackney local authority.
How deprived is Hackney?
The Hackney local authority, which includes Hackney, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.