N4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brownswood Park, Stroud Green and Finsbury Park, in Haringey, Hackney and Islington.
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 N4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In N4, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How N4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is N4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in N4 at a rate of 172.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.0 per 1,000 people across N.
In August 2026 alone, 848 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in N4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (2,372), violence and sexual offences (2,060) and other crime (1,529).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in N4 was 183.0 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 N4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so N4 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in N4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney 002A | 2,051 | 153.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Hackney 002D | 1,792 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.1% |
| Hackney 002E | 1,955 | 245.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Hackney 002G | 1,891 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Hackney 002H | 1,710 | 107.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Hackney 007A | 1,286 | 140.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Hackney 007B | 1,788 | 212.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.3% |
| Hackney 007C | 1,126 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Hackney 007D | 1,740 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Hackney 007E | 1,640 | 152.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.0% |
| Hackney 007F | 1,707 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| Haringey 027B | 1,780 | 164.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Haringey 027C | 1,655 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.7% |
| Haringey 031B | 1,596 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Haringey 031C | 1,691 | 399.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
| Haringey 031D | 1,574 | 344.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.2% |
| Haringey 032D | 1,794 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Haringey 034D | 1,740 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| Haringey 036A | 1,544 | 138.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Haringey 036B | 1,502 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Haringey 036C | 1,478 | 119.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Haringey 036D | 1,596 | 179.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Islington 001B | 1,314 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| Islington 001F | 1,743 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Islington 003A | 2,958 | 219.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| Islington 003B | 1,433 | 223.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| Islington 003C | 1,646 | 112.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Islington 003D | 1,913 | 182.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Islington 005B | 2,366 | 575.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.0% |
| Islington 006B | 1,556 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Islington 006C | 1,654 | 263.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
MPs for N4
- Mr David LammyLabourMP for Tottenham42% of N4’s postcodes
- Jeremy CorbynYour PartyMP for Islington North30% of N4’s postcodes
- Catherine WestLabourMP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet28% of N4’s postcodes
- Ms Diane AbbottLabourMP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington0.2% of N4’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.
Middle areas in N45
Postcode sectors in N45
Councils N4 covers3
Towns in N43
Postcode districts next to N46
Nearest rail stations4
More in the N postcode area2
N4 in brief
N4 is a postcode district covering Brownswood Park, Stroud Green and Finsbury Park, in Haringey, Hackney and Islington.
About 55,069 people lived in N4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £595,000 in 2025 across 656 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 172.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in N4 was £595,000 in 2025.
N4 had 53,878 usual residents at the census.
In N4, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In N4, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.