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EN5

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Barnet, Underhill and Ducks Island, in Barnet.

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 EN5 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In EN5, 64.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£600,000
148th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
40,202
449th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
64.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How EN5 compares

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

EN5Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, EN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in EN11 areas from £405,000 to £651,500. The middle area is £479,250. EN5 is £600,000.
£600,0003rd most expensive
Population11 postcode districts, EN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in EN11 areas from 17,868 to 61,434. The middle area is 30,261. EN5 is 40,202.
40,2023rd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage11 postcode districts, EN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in EN11 areas from 64.1% to 95.4%. The middle area is 91.1%. EN5 is 64.1%.
64.1%lowest
Claimant rate11 postcode districts, EN · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in EN11 areas from 2.5% to 8.4%. The middle area is 3.9%. EN5 is 3.7%.
3.7%joint 4th lowest

Is EN5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EN5 at a rate of 82.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 99.5 per 1,000 people across EN.

In August 2026 alone, 253 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EN5.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (864), anti-social behaviour (797) and other crime (485).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EN5 was 82.8 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 EN5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so EN5 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in EN5

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Barnet 001A1,703213.9 per 1,000771.0%
Barnet 001B1,61332.5 per 1,0001067.4%
Barnet 001C2,610126.3 per 1,000649.7%
Barnet 001D1,60047.9 per 1,000960.0%
Barnet 001E1,54597.6 per 1,000861.9%
Barnet 001F1,77235.1 per 1,000878.8%
Barnet 002B1,52063.3 per 1,000885.8%
Barnet 002C1,69638.4 per 1,000745.1%
Barnet 002D2,262141.4 per 1,000443.4%
Barnet 002E1,71565.7 per 1,000665.9%
Barnet 004A1,51362.6 per 1,000698.3%
Barnet 004B1,63154.3 per 1,000496.6%
Barnet 004C1,54857.2 per 1,000796.0%
Barnet 004D1,58354.4 per 1,000248.0%
Barnet 004E1,56141.3 per 1,000571.6%
Barnet 004F1,811202.2 per 1,000652.5%
Barnet 005A1,52744.5 per 1,000777.1%
Barnet 005B2,075100.6 per 1,000345.5%
Barnet 005C1,386101.9 per 1,000789.3%
Barnet 005D1,54545.1 per 1,000748.2%
Barnet 007B1,98450.1 per 1,000927.9%
Barnet 007E1,71539.2 per 1,000499.1%
Barnet 007F1,62157.3 per 1,000563.5%

MPs for EN5

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 EN55

Postcode sectors in EN56

Council1

Towns in EN51

Postcode districts next to EN56

Nearest rail stations4

More in the EN postcode area2

EN5 in brief

EN5 is a postcode district covering Barnet, Underhill and Ducks Island, in Barnet.

About 40,981 people lived in EN5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £600,000 in 2025 across 461 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in EN5 was £600,000 in 2025.

EN5 had 40,202 usual residents at the census.

In EN5, 64.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In EN5, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.