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E9

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Hackney and Homerton, in Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

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 E9 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 17% of people in E9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£505,000
Joint 268th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
41,347
414th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
17%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How E9 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

E9Middle
Median sale price21 postcode districts, E · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in E21 areas from £407,500 to £851,000. The middle area is £520,000. E9 is £505,000.
£505,00010th cheapest
Population21 postcode districts, E · 2021
Population: every postcode district in E21 areas from 183 to 112,695. The middle area is 52,554. E9 is 41,347.
41,3475th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 postcode districts, E · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in E21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 5.0%. E9 is 17.0%.
17%7th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 postcode districts, E · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in E21 areas from 78.8% to 99.5%. The middle area is 91.2%. E9 is 86.4%.
86.4%4th lowest

Is E9 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in E9 at a rate of 162.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 131.6 per 1,000 people across the E postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 579 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in E9.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,795), anti-social behaviour (1,370) and other crime (1,083).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in E9 was 161.0 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 E9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so E9 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in E9

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Hackney 013A2,22480.5 per 1,000297.3%
Hackney 013D1,51399.9 per 1,000299.7%
Hackney 017A2,666243.9 per 1,000373.0%
Hackney 018A1,210479.4 per 1,000273.2%
Hackney 018B1,332105.9 per 1,000198.5%
Hackney 018C1,970119.7 per 1,000389.2%
Hackney 018D2,450287.2 per 1,000374.5%
Hackney 019A1,985370.7 per 1,000189.8%
Hackney 019B2,767113.1 per 1,000272.4%
Hackney 019C1,900101.7 per 1,000275.7%
Hackney 019D1,57090.0 per 1,000390.4%
Hackney 019E1,81593.7 per 1,000194.4%
Hackney 019F1,84553.4 per 1,000287.2%
Hackney 022A1,855154.3 per 1,000386.8%
Hackney 022B1,60279.3 per 1,000295.1%
Hackney 022C1,36867.3 per 1,000371.2%
Hackney 022D1,917244.0 per 1,000492.8%
Hackney 022E1,58586.9 per 1,000198.8%
Hackney 023B1,44684.0 per 1,000677.3%
Hackney 023C2,354175.5 per 1,000289.3%
Hackney 023D1,52868.3 per 1,000296.7%
Hackney 023E1,20562.1 per 1,000389.5%
Tower Hamlets 001E1,047381.0 per 1,000799.3%

MPs for E9

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 E94

Postcode sectors in E94

Councils E9 covers2

Towns in E92

Postcode districts next to E96

Nearest rail stations4

More in the E postcode area2

E9 in brief

E9 is a postcode district covering Hackney and Homerton, in Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

About 42,693 people lived in E9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £505,000 in 2025 across 297 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 162.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in E9 was £505,000 in 2025.

E9 had 41,347 usual residents at the census.

About 17% of people in E9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In E9, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.