E5 postcode area guide — Hackney
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the E5 postcode district in Hackney — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in E5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
84.2%
Gigabit-capable
82.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the E5 postcode district (Hackney) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 645 postcodes Ofcom measures in E5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 82.6%.
Around 0% of premises in E5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in E5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| E5 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AF | 100% | 11.1% |
| E5 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| E5 0AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Hackney
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Hackney district (130,225 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in E5
Police recorded 1,104 incidents within about a mile of the centre of E5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 361 | 32.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 221 | 20.0% |
| Shoplifting | 115 | 10.4% |
| Other theft | 71 | 6.4% |
| Public order | 71 | 6.4% |
| Theft from the person | 58 | 5.3% |
| Drugs | 45 | 4.1% |
| Vehicle crime | 45 | 4.1% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in E5
Based on 269 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in E5 is £575,000, up 8.5% on the previous year (£530,000).
Terraced
£1,090,000
77 sales
Flat / maisonette
£480,000
186 sales
Latest recorded sales in E5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | £1,400,000 | Terraced | Glenarm Road | E5 0LZ |
| 20 May 2026 | £755,000 | Terraced | Dunlace Road | E5 0NF |
| 14 May 2026 | £377,175 | Flat | Cricketfield Road | E5 8NS |
| 11 May 2026 | £840,000 | Flat | Median Road | E5 0PJ |
| 11 May 2026 | £780,000 | Terraced | Cromford Path | E5 0TG |
| 8 May 2026 | £1,275,000 | Terraced | Rushmore Road | E5 0EX |
| 6 May 2026 | £217,500 | Flat | Woodmill Road | E5 9GE |
| 5 May 2026 | £1,352,500 | Terraced | Rushmore Road | E5 0EX |
| 1 May 2026 | £325,000 | Flat | Harrington Hill | E5 9ES |
| 1 May 2026 | £482,500 | Flat | Clifden Road | E5 0LL |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Hackney demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Hackney district (259,149 residents, 106,081 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.2% |
| 15–29 | 36% |
| 30–44 | 22.3% |
| 45–64 | 14.7% |
| 65+ | 7.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 24.6% |
| Private rented | 32.4% |
| Social rented | 19.8% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around E5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossbourne Community Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,432 | E5 8JY |
| Clapton Girls' Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,169 | E5 0RB |
| Millfields Community School | Primary | 3–11 | 634 | E5 0SH |
| Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass School | Not applicable | 3–11 | 508 | E5 9SN |
| Rushmore Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 455 | E5 0LE |
| Nightingale Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 384 | E5 8NA |
| Daubeney Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 382 | E5 0EG |
| Southwold Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 341 | E5 9NL |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in E5
258 rated food businesses operate in E5. 141 hold the top rating of 5, 34 are rated 4, and 16 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Chatsworth Youth Club, ELIF FOOD CENTRE CLAPTON, 107 Wine Shop & Bar, 119 Today Bread, Accra Palace.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in E5
From a sample of 339 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 E5 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 37% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
5%
Band C
32%
Band D
54%
Band E
8%
Band F
1%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Hackney
Landlines around E5 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.