# E9

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

E9 is a postcode district covering Hackney and Homerton, in Hackney and Tower Hamlets. Median sale price £505,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code E9. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [E](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £505,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in E9 was £505,000 in 2025. Joint 268th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 41,347** (2021). E9 had 41,347 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 414th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 17%** (2022). About 17% of people in E9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.4%** (January 2026). In E9, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 17% of people in E9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 297 homes were sold in E9 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for E9.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): E9 had 41,347 usual residents at the census.

## How E9 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | E9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £505,000 | 10th cheapest | 21 postcode districts, E · 2025 |
| Population | 41,347 | 5th least populated | 21 postcode districts, E · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 17% | 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 21 postcode districts, E · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.4% | 4th lowest | 21 postcode districts, E · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in E9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hackney 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001786) | 2,224 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| [Hackney 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001790) | 1,513 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Hackney 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001731) | 2,666 | 243.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.0% |
| [Hackney 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001846) | 1,210 | 479.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.2% |
| [Hackney 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001847) | 1,332 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| [Hackney 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001848) | 1,970 | 119.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.2% |
| [Hackney 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001849) | 2,450 | 287.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.5% |
| [Hackney 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001729) | 1,985 | 370.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.8% |
| [Hackney 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001730) | 2,767 | 113.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.4% |
| [Hackney 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001732) | 1,900 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.7% |
| [Hackney 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001735) | 1,570 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.4% |
| [Hackney 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001838) | 1,815 | 93.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| [Hackney 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001850) | 1,845 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.2% |
| [Hackney 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001836) | 1,855 | 154.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.8% |
| [Hackney 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001840) | 1,602 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% |
| [Hackney 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001841) | 1,368 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 71.2% |
| [Hackney 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001844) | 1,917 | 244.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| [Hackney 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001845) | 1,585 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| [Hackney 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001837) | 1,446 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.3% |
| [Hackney 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001839) | 2,354 | 175.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.3% |
| [Hackney 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001842) | 1,528 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| [Hackney 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/neighbourhood/e01001843) | 1,205 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.5% |
| [Tower Hamlets 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets/neighbourhood/e01035657) | 1,047 | 381.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |

## Your MP

- [Hackney South and Shoreditch](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hackney-south-and-shoreditch): Dame Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 81% of the people here.
- [Hackney North and Stoke Newington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hackney-north-and-stoke-newington): Ms Diane Abbott (Labour), MP since July 2024. 8.6% of the people here.
- [Stratford and Bow](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stratford-and-bow): Uma Kumaran (Labour), MP since July 2024. 8.3% of the people here.
- [Bethnal Green and Stepney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bethnal-green-and-stepney): Rushanara Ali (Labour), MP since July 2024. 1.8% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in E9

[Hackney Wick](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/hackney-wick), [Homerton South](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/homerton-south), [London Fields & Mare Street](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/london-fields-and-mare-street), [South Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney/south-hackney)

## Postcode sectors in E9

[E9 5 (284 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9-5), [E9 6 (196 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9-6), [E9 7 (192 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9-7), [E9 9 (12 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9-9)

## Councils E9 covers

[Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney), [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)

## Towns in E9

[Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney), [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets)

## Postcode districts next to E9

[E2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2), [E3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3), [E5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e5), [E8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e8), [E10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e10), [E20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e20)

## Nearest rail stations

[Homerton (550 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0424,51.5470), [London Fields (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0578,51.5412), [Hackney Central (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0561,51.5471), [Hackney Downs (1.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0608,51.5488)

## More in the E postcode area

[All E postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: E9
- Postcode area: [E](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e)
- Constituency: [Hackney South and Shoreditch †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hackney-south-and-shoreditch)
- Council: [Hackney †](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney)
- Area: 4.48 km²
- People, mid-2024: 42,693*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 131

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[E5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e5), [E3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e3), [E20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e20), [E8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e8), [E10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e10), [E2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e2)

## Latest updates for E9

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e9