E8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dalston, Hackney and Haggerston, 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 E8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in E8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How E8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is E8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E8 at a rate of 183.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 648 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,713), other crime (1,550) and anti-social behaviour (1,517).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E8 was 183.5 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 E8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E8 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in E8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney 016A | 2,162 | 135.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.2% |
| Hackney 016B | 1,686 | 116.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 016E | 1,647 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Hackney 016F | 1,818 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.7% |
| Hackney 017C | 1,885 | 539.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.6% |
| Hackney 017D | 1,675 | 157.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.8% |
| Hackney 020B | 1,488 | 105.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.7% |
| Hackney 020C | 1,769 | 155.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.3% |
| Hackney 020D | 1,550 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 020E | 1,587 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Hackney 020F | 1,394 | 255.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Hackney 020G | 1,429 | 387.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.5% |
| Hackney 023F | 2,344 | 245.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.5% |
| Hackney 023G | 1,543 | 280.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.2% |
| Hackney 024A | 1,789 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Hackney 024D | 1,772 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 024E | 1,390 | 118.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Hackney 024F | 1,350 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Hackney 030A | 1,413 | 632.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.4% |
| Hackney 030B | 2,491 | 289.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Hackney 031A | 2,004 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Hackney 031C | 2,010 | 215.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.4% |
MPs for E8
- Dame Meg HillierLabour (Co-op)MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch87% of E8’s postcodes
- Ms Diane AbbottLabourMP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington9.2% of E8’s postcodes
- Rushanara AliLabourMP for Bethnal Green and Stepney2.5% of E8’s postcodes
- Emily ThornberryLabourMP for Islington South and Finsbury0.7% of E8’s postcodes
- Jeremy CorbynYour PartyMP for Islington North0.3% of E8’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 E86
Postcode sectors in E85
Council1
Towns in E81
Postcode districts next to E85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the E postcode area2
E8 in brief
E8 is a postcode district covering Dalston, Hackney and Haggerston, in Hackney.
About 43,358 people lived in E8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £612,500 in 2025 across 456 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 183.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in E8 was £612,500 in 2025.
E8 had 41,899 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in E8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In E8, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.