EC4Y
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Holborn, in City of London.
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 EC4Y postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In EC4Y, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How EC4Y compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is EC4Y safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EC4Y at a rate of 586.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 443.9 per 1,000 people across EC.
In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EC4Y.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (104), theft from the person (82) and violence and sexual offences (45).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EC4Y was 607.4 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.
MPs for EC4Y
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster99% of EC4Y’s postcodes
- Emily ThornberryLabourMP for Islington South and Finsbury0.8% of EC4Y’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.
Postcode sectors in EC4Y5
Council1
Postcode districts next to EC4Y4
Nearest rail stations4
More in the EC postcode area2
EC4Y in brief
EC4Y is a postcode district covering Holborn, in City of London.
About 568 people lived in EC4Y in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 586.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
EC4Y had 333 usual residents at the census.
In EC4Y, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
85.5% of residents in EC4Y were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
11.4% of residents in EC4Y were aged 65 or over at the census.