EN5 postcode area guide — Barnet
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EN5 postcode district in Barnet — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EN5
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
53.1%
Gigabit-capable
48.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the EN5 postcode district (Barnet) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 1,011 postcodes Ofcom measures in EN5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 48.5%.
Around 0% of premises in EN5 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 EN5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EN5 1AA | 100% | 0% |
| EN5 1AB | 100% | 33.3% |
| EN5 1AD | 100% | 40.7% |
| EN5 1AE | 100% | 0% |
| EN5 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| EN5 1AN | 100% | 90.6% |
| EN5 1AP | 100% | 100% |
| EN5 1AR | 100% | 100% |
| EN5 1AS | 100% | 100% |
| EN5 1AT | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Barnet
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Barnet district (168,463 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in EN5
Police recorded 243 incidents within about a mile of the centre of EN5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 73 | 30.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 71 | 29.2% |
| Shoplifting | 24 | 9.9% |
| Vehicle crime | 24 | 9.9% |
| Burglary | 11 | 4.5% |
| Other theft | 10 | 4.1% |
| Public order | 10 | 4.1% |
| Drugs | 6 | 2.5% |
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 EN5
Based on 320 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in EN5 is £555,000, down 1.8% on the previous year (£565,000).
Detached
£1,000,000
36 sales
Semi-detached
£740,000
83 sales
Terraced
£600,000
64 sales
Flat / maisonette
£340,000
123 sales
Latest recorded sales in EN5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £510,000 | Terraced | Lucan Road | EN5 4HA |
| 15 May 2026 | £200,000 | Terraced | Shaftesbury Avenue | EN5 5JA |
| 13 May 2026 | £380,000 | Flat | Windsor Road | EN5 2PS |
| 8 May 2026 | £857,500 | Semi-detached | Milton Avenue | EN5 2EX |
| 7 May 2026 | £632,000 | Terraced | Fairfield Way | EN5 2BQ |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £535,000 | Terraced | Puller Road | EN5 4HD |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £305,000 | Terraced | Bulwer Road | EN5 5JB |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £750,000 | Semi-detached | Stanhope Road | EN5 2QN |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £360,000 | Flat | Kenerne Drive | EN5 2NN |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £975,000 | Terraced | Hillside Gardens | EN5 2NH |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Barnet demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Barnet district (389,341 residents, 148,917 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20.5% |
| 15–29 | 25% |
| 30–44 | 22.7% |
| 45–64 | 17.4% |
| 65+ | 14.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 52.7% |
| Private rented | 32.8% |
| Social rented | 6.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around EN5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,321 | EN5 4DQ |
| Ark Pioneer Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,107 | EN5 2BE |
| Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,078 | EN5 5RR |
| St Catherine's RC School | Primary | 2–11 | 470 | EN5 2ED |
| Whitings Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 465 | EN5 2QY |
| Cromer Road Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 413 | EN5 5HT |
| Underhill School | Primary | 2–11 | 383 | EN5 2LZ |
| Foulds School | Primary | 5–11 | 318 | EN5 4NR |
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 EN5
224 rated food businesses operate in EN5. 133 hold the top rating of 5, 53 are rated 4, and 10 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbey Ravenscroft Park Nursing Home, Ark Pioneer Academy, Arkley's Little Acorns Nursery, Barnet Fish Bar, Barnet Grange Care Home.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in EN5
From a sample of 177 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 EN5 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 28% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
28%
Band D
46%
Band E
20%
Band F
3%
Band G
2%
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 Barnet
Landlines around EN5 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.