N16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and Shacklewell, in Hackney.
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 N16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In N16, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How N16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is N16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in N16 at a rate of 107.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.0 per 1,000 people across N.
In August 2026 alone, 571 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in N16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,831), anti-social behaviour (1,601) and other crime (1,397).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in N16 was 112.1 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 N16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so N16 has no single figure. Of its 40 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in N16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney 001A | 1,634 | 379.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 77.8% |
| Hackney 001B | 1,884 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.0% |
| Hackney 001C | 1,699 | 74.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.4% |
| Hackney 001D | 1,632 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 59.9% |
| Hackney 001E | 1,350 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| Hackney 003A | 1,506 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.3% |
| Hackney 003B | 1,377 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 003C | 1,671 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.4% |
| Hackney 003D | 1,807 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Hackney 003E | 1,792 | 142.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.3% |
| Hackney 004A | 1,830 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Hackney 004B | 1,325 | 13.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Hackney 004C | 1,750 | 181.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.5% |
| Hackney 004E | 1,573 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.0% |
| Hackney 006A | 1,970 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Hackney 006B | 2,894 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.4% |
| Hackney 006C | 1,988 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Hackney 006E | 1,521 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 008A | 1,753 | 154.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| Hackney 008B | 1,722 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.3% |
| Hackney 008C | 1,804 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Hackney 008D | 1,469 | 162.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 009A | 1,441 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 009B | 1,227 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Hackney 009C | 1,756 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Hackney 009D | 1,679 | 101.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| Hackney 009E | 1,660 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Hackney 010A | 1,752 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| Hackney 012A | 1,549 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 012B | 1,768 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| Hackney 012C | 1,740 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Hackney 012D | 1,977 | 101.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Hackney 014A | 1,545 | 171.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Hackney 014B | 2,329 | 303.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% |
| Hackney 014C | 1,878 | 260.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Hackney 014D | 2,117 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Hackney 014E | 1,988 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Hackney 014F | 1,233 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 029B | 1,979 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Islington 012E | 1,432 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
MPs for N16
- Ms Diane AbbottLabourMP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington92% of N16’s postcodes
- Jeremy CorbynYour PartyMP for Islington North3.8% of N16’s postcodes
- Mr David LammyLabourMP for Tottenham3.2% of N16’s postcodes
- Dame Meg HillierLabour (Co-op)MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch1.2% of N16’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.
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N16 in brief
N16 is a postcode district covering Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and Shacklewell, in Hackney.
About 68,005 people lived in N16 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 107.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in N16 was £600,000 in 2025.
N16 had 67,927 usual residents at the census.
In N16, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In N16, 6.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.