Islington

19°COvercast

• Today: 25° / 18° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

1US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Camden - Coopers Lane, United Kingdom

2329 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour477
• Violence & sexual offences463
• Shoplifting378
• Other theft259

196 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St Mary's and St James' · Metropolitan

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

552 reported road collisions (2024)

101 killed or seriously injured · 591 casualties · 25.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 394 rated 4–5 ★ (309 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Angel (0.5 km)
• 89 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£673,384 average▼ 8.1% YoY

Across Islington · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,854 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £2,167
• 2 bed £2,684
• 3 bed £2,989

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

11.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.8 times median annual pay (12.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)

77 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Upper Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms22
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches111
• Playgrounds96

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

216,589 residents in Islington · 14,575/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 75%
• 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 28 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,108 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 112,160)

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

73 schools · 23,315 pupils

40 primary · 9 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 25 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Islington

196 CQC-registered services

• Care homes18
• GP practices54
• Dentists54
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Islington

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,079 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

384 applications decided

83.3% granted · 320 granted, 64 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Emily Thornberry

Labour

Islington South and Finsbury

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 32
• Grn 19

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

• Schools47
• GPs & clinics34
• Pharmacies21
• Supermarkets23
• Parks & greens231
• Restaurants & cafés664

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

25,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

522 jobs advertised · £39,411 avg

e.g. Early Years SEN Teacher, SEMH Teaching Assistant, Call Centre Advisor

Source: Adzuna

£1,005 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£44,201 disposable income per head (2024)

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

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 137,029 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Nuclear 14% · Imports 11% · Wind 9%

248 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.5 women · 60.5 men

50% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Islington South and Finsbury:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership527 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership271 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office205 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test166 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Islington Green · 0.0 km

  Islington Green is a small triangle of open land at the convergence of Upper Street and Essex Road in the London Borough of Islington. It roughly marks the northern boundary between the modern district of Angel and Is…

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  Islington Green War Memorial · 0.0 km

  The Islington Green War Memorial is a war memorial located at Islington Green in the London Borough of Islington.

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  Slug and Lettuce, Islington · 0.0 km

  The Slug and Lettuce is a Grade II listed public house at 330 Upper Street and Islington Green, Islington, London.

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  Collins's Music Hall · 0.1 km

  Collins's was a music hall in Islington, north London. It opened in 1863, named after its original proprietor, the comedian, singer and impresario Sam Collins. He died not long after the hall opened, and after continu…

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  Statue of Hugh Myddelton, Islington Green · 0.1 km

  The Statue of Hugh Myddelton in Islington Green, London, England, commemorates Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631) near the site of the original terminus of the New River in whose construction he had played a major role.

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  The Screen on the Green · 0.1 km

  The Screen on the Green, also known as Everyman Screen On The Green, is a single-screen cinema facing Islington Green in the London Borough of Islington, London, England. The current building was opened in 1913 and it…

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