E5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lower Clapton, Upper Clapton and Lea Bridge, in Hackney.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an E5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in E5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How E5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E5 at a rate of 108.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 410 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,426), anti-social behaviour (1,411) and other crime (974).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E5 was 120.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in E5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E5 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney 004D | 1,626 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 72.2% |
| Hackney 006D | 1,868 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Hackney 010B | 1,801 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 66.9% |
| Hackney 010D | 1,608 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Hackney 010E | 1,714 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.6% |
| Hackney 010F | 1,411 | 185.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
| Hackney 010G | 1,323 | 143.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Hackney 011A | 1,933 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| Hackney 011B | 1,582 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Hackney 011C | 1,898 | 119.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| Hackney 011D | 1,308 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Hackney 011E | 1,476 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.0% |
| Hackney 013B | 1,611 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| Hackney 013C | 1,497 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Hackney 015A | 1,872 | 186.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| Hackney 015B | 1,593 | 101.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 015C | 1,773 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Hackney 015D | 1,459 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Hackney 016C | 1,585 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 30.6% |
| Hackney 016D | 2,614 | 144.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 58.8% |
| Hackney 017B | 1,835 | 309.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| Hackney 028A | 2,329 | 112.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.7% |
| Hackney 028B | 2,053 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 38.9% |
| Hackney 028C | 1,451 | 147.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.4% |
| Hackney 028D | 1,434 | 127.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.0% |
| Hackney 028E | 1,131 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 029A | 2,303 | 148.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Hackney 029C | 1,997 | 153.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.5% |
| Hackney 029D | 1,647 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.3% |
MPs for E5
- Ms Diane AbbottLabourMP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington91% of E5’s postcodes
- Dame Meg HillierLabour (Co-op)MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch8.4% of E5’s postcodes
- Ms Stella CreasyLabour (Co-op)MP for Walthamstow0.6% of E5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in E56
Postcode sectors in E54
Council1
Towns in E51
Postcode districts next to E55
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E5 in brief
E5 is a postcode district covering Lower Clapton, Upper Clapton and Lea Bridge, in Hackney.
About 50,925 people lived in E5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £595,500 in 2025 across 344 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E5 was £595,500 in 2025.
E5 had 49,940 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in E5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E5, 85.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.