EC2P postcode area guide — City of London
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EC2P postcode district in City of London — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EC2P
Limited coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
0%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the EC2P postcode district (City of London) is Limited — fixed broadband speeds are below the UK average here. Across the 3 postcodes Ofcom measures in EC2P, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 0% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 0% of premises in EC2P 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 EC2P
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EC2P 2AX | 0% | 0% |
| EC2P 2EJ | 0% | 0% |
| EC2P 2NQ | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around City of London
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider City Of London district (10,419 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
100%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
100%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in EC2P
Police recorded 2,836 incidents within about a mile of the centre of EC2P in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Theft from the person | 525 | 18.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 479 | 16.9% |
| Other theft | 472 | 16.6% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 434 | 15.3% |
| Shoplifting | 375 | 13.2% |
| Public order | 135 | 4.8% |
| Robbery | 98 | 3.5% |
| Bicycle theft | 92 | 3.2% |
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).
Who lives here? City of London demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider City of London district (8,585 residents, 4,914 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.7% |
| 15–29 | 39.2% |
| 30–44 | 21.2% |
| 45–64 | 18.8% |
| 65+ | 14.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 36.5% |
| Private rented | 48.4% |
| Social rented | 5.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around EC2P
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Hatton Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 228 | EC1R 4PQ |
| St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 190 | WC1N 2NX |
| Capital City College | 16 plus | 14–99 | — | WC1X 8RA |
| St Alban's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 81 | EC1N 7SD |
| Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH | Not applicable | 4–18 | 0 | WC1N 3JH |
| Thomas Coram Centre | Nursery | 2–5 | 105 | WC1N 2NY |
| City Junior School | Not applicable | 7–11 | 288 | WC1R 5EY |
| Hugh Myddelton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 502 | EC1R 1YJ |
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 EC2P
1 rated food businesses operate in EC2P. 0 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for City of London
Landlines around EC2P 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.