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N8

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Hornsey, Crouch End and Stroud Green, in Haringey.

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 N8 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 0% of people in N8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£605,000
Joint 146th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
39,014
491st most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How N8 compares

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

N8Middle
Median sale price23 postcode districts, N · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in N23 areas from £400,000 to £1,015,000. The middle area is £600,000. N8 is £605,000.
£605,00011th most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, N · 2021
Population: every postcode district in N24 areas from 542 to 92,400. The middle area is 32,898. N8 is 39,014.
39,0149th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 postcode districts, N · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in N24 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. N8 is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, N · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in N24 areas from 76.9% to 98.2%. The middle area is 91.2%. N8 is 80.1%.
80.1%3rd lowest

Is N8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in N8 at a rate of 99.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 130.0 per 1,000 people across the N postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 351 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in N8.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (1,072), violence and sexual offences (944) and other crime (550).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in N8 was 96.9 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 N8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so N8 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in N8

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Haringey 016C1,564115.3 per 1,000298.2%
Haringey 016D1,869438.2 per 1,000292.8%
Haringey 020B1,734157.2 per 1,000455.0%
Haringey 020C1,42589.5 per 1,000379.6%
Haringey 020D1,375150.2 per 1,000459.4%
Haringey 020F1,19099.0 per 1,00015.6%
Haringey 020G1,36976.4 per 1,000428.2%
Haringey 020H1,36091.6 per 1,000654.8%
Haringey 022A1,36163.6 per 1,000773.9%
Haringey 022B1,37099.7 per 1,000960.6%
Haringey 022C1,42973.6 per 1,00098.6%
Haringey 022D1,27160.2 per 1,000789.1%
Haringey 023A1,93360.9 per 1,000597.4%
Haringey 023B2,436146.7 per 1,000492.6%
Haringey 023C2,557219.9 per 1,000293.1%
Haringey 023D1,81064.6 per 1,000598.2%
Haringey 028A1,91368.7 per 1,000586.6%
Haringey 028B1,57150.4 per 1,000496.1%
Haringey 028C1,56269.3 per 1,000593.8%
Haringey 028D1,70833.3 per 1,000796.6%
Haringey 031A1,76153.0 per 1,000599.2%
Haringey 033B1,62250.7 per 1,000995.7%
Haringey 033D1,71983.9 per 1,000883.9%
Haringey 034A1,56574.4 per 1,000793.3%
Haringey 034B1,66749.4 per 1,000892.9%
Haringey 034C1,950259.8 per 1,000690.0%

MPs for N8

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 N85

Postcode sectors in N85

Council1

Towns in N81

Postcode districts next to N86

Nearest rail stations4

More in the N postcode area2

N8 in brief

N8 is a postcode district covering Hornsey, Crouch End and Stroud Green, in Haringey.

About 39,085 people lived in N8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £605,000 in 2025 across 575 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in N8 was £605,000 in 2025.

N8 had 39,014 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in N8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In N8, 80.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.