N4 postcode area guide — Hackney
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the N4 postcode district in Hackney — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in N4
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.7%
Gigabit-capable
92%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the N4 postcode district (Hackney) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 820 postcodes Ofcom measures in N4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 92%.
Around 0% of premises in N4 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 N4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| N4 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| N4 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| N4 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| N4 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| N4 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| N4 1AG | 100% | 89.4% |
| N4 1AH | 100% | 0% |
| N4 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| N4 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| N4 1AN | 96.8% | 96.8% |
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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 N4
Police recorded 1,427 incidents within about a mile of the centre of N4 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 416 | 29.2% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 331 | 23.2% |
| Theft from the person | 154 | 10.8% |
| Other theft | 103 | 7.2% |
| Public order | 77 | 5.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 71 | 5.0% |
| Robbery | 62 | 4.3% |
| Shoplifting | 60 | 4.2% |
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).
House prices in N4
Based on 459 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in N4 is £543,589, down 1.2% on the previous year (£550,000).
Semi-detached
£1,400,000
6 sales
Terraced
£915,000
78 sales
Flat / maisonette
£500,000
349 sales
Latest recorded sales in N4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | £980,000 | Terraced | Charteris Road | N4 3AB |
| 27 May 2026 | £900,000 | Flat | Woodberry Down | N4 2GQ |
| 22 May 2026 | £10,000 | Other | Stapleton Hall Road | N4 4QR |
| 21 May 2026 | £442,000 | Flat | Fonthill Road | N4 3HU |
| 15 May 2026 | £677,500 | Flat | Thorpedale Road | N4 3BH |
| 15 May 2026 | £495,000 | Flat | Brownswood Road | N4 2XL |
| 15 May 2026 | £652,500 | Flat | Florence Road | N4 4BU |
| 8 May 2026 | £950,000 | Flat | Finsbury Park Road | N4 2LA |
| 1 May 2026 | £695,000 | Flat | Warham Road | N4 1AU |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £581,000 | Flat | Romilly Road | N4 2QX |
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 N4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinners' Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 939 | N4 1SY |
| Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School | Not applicable | 2–16 | 761 | N4 2SH |
| Woodberry Down Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 661 | N4 1SY |
| Arts and Media School Islington | Secondary | 11–16 | 577 | N4 3LS |
| Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre | Primary | 0–11 | 515 | N4 2DR |
| Stroud Green Primary School | Primary | 1–11 | 477 | N4 3EX |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 240 | N4 3QW |
| South Harringay Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 234 | N4 1BA |
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 N4
444 rated food businesses operate in N4. 278 hold the top rating of 5, 79 are rated 4, and 23 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Alby's Pizza, Arsenal Wine, Boulangerie Bon Matin, Cafe G, Clapton Craft.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in N4
From a sample of 505 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 N4 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 59% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
21%
Band C
38%
Band D
26%
Band E
13%
Band F
2%
Band G
0%
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 N4 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.