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HA8

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Edgware, Burnt Oak and Little Stanmore, in Barnet and Harrow.

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 HA8 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 HA8, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£535,000
224th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
70,751
40th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How HA8 compares

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

HA8Middle
Median sale price10 postcode districts, HA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in HA10 areas from £427,640 to £755,000. The middle area is £545,000. HA8 is £535,000.
£535,0004th cheapest
Population10 postcode districts, HA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in HA10 areas from 23,902 to 76,741. The middle area is 54,821. HA8 is 70,751.
70,7512nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage10 postcode districts, HA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in HA10 areas from 83.2% to 95.2%. The middle area is 89.7%. HA8 is 90.5%.
90.5%5th highest
Claimant rate10 postcode districts, HA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in HA10 areas from 2.7% to 5.7%. The middle area is 5.0%. HA8 is 5.6%.
5.6%2nd highest

Is HA8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HA8 at a rate of 93.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.8 per 1,000 people across HA.

In August 2026 alone, 491 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HA8.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,794), anti-social behaviour (1,768) and other crime (918).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HA8 was 88.2 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 HA8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HA8 has no single figure. Of its 40 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 9 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in HA8

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Barnet 013A2,01963.4 per 1,000277.2%
Barnet 013B1,67072.4 per 1,000396.4%
Barnet 013C1,96032.6 per 1,000586.4%
Barnet 013E1,87149.6 per 1,000591.5%
Barnet 014A1,77138.3 per 1,000998.8%
Barnet 014B1,73760.5 per 1,000577.1%
Barnet 014C1,57879.9 per 1,000692.8%
Barnet 014D2,46960.6 per 1,000462.4%
Barnet 014E1,73131.2 per 1,000793.5%
Barnet 014F1,54941.3 per 1,000677.1%
Barnet 018A1,99792.2 per 1,000481.6%
Barnet 018B1,948405.2 per 1,000390.7%
Barnet 018C1,906115.0 per 1,000284.2%
Barnet 018D1,73556.7 per 1,0002100.0%
Barnet 018E1,86946.2 per 1,000798.7%
Barnet 021B1,61755.4 per 1,0003100.0%
Barnet 021C1,64565.4 per 1,000398.5%
Barnet 021E1,86293.5 per 1,000479.9%
Barnet 024B1,55768.2 per 1,0003100.0%
Barnet 024C2,04990.6 per 1,000395.6%
Barnet 024D1,604419.7 per 1,000292.1%
Barnet 024F1,82460.4 per 1,000399.8%
Barnet 024G1,529213.7 per 1,000287.7%
Barnet 024H1,81391.8 per 1,000392.5%
Brent 001D1,83198.7 per 1,000498.4%
Brent 001E2,12156.2 per 1,000489.2%
Brent 001F1,815147.6 per 1,000482.4%
Harrow 002A1,56046.6 per 1,000588.5%
Harrow 002C1,59039.4 per 1,000767.9%
Harrow 002E1,878134.0 per 1,000390.9%
Harrow 002F2,00078.6 per 1,000694.0%
Harrow 007A2,508101.8 per 1,000493.0%
Harrow 007B1,362109.6 per 1,000297.2%
Harrow 007C1,82271.8 per 1,000599.6%
Harrow 007D1,85953.2 per 1,000698.1%
Harrow 007E1,713122.0 per 1,000494.6%
Harrow 010A1,79362.6 per 1,0005100.0%
Harrow 010B1,97070.1 per 1,000497.4%
Harrow 010C1,81243.7 per 1,0005100.0%
Harrow 010D2,19942.9 per 1,000699.4%

MPs for HA8

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 HA89

Postcode sectors in HA87

Councils HA8 covers2

Towns in HA83

Postcode districts next to HA84

Nearest rail stations4

More in the HA postcode area2

HA8 in brief

HA8 is a postcode district covering Edgware, Burnt Oak and Little Stanmore, in Barnet and Harrow.

About 73,398 people lived in HA8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £535,000 in 2025 across 409 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 93.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in HA8 was £535,000 in 2025.

HA8 had 70,751 usual residents at the census.

In HA8, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In HA8, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.