N5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Highbury and Canonbury, in 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 N5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In N5, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How N5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is N5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in N5 at a rate of 114.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.0 per 1,000 people across N.
In August 2026 alone, 250 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in N5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (645), violence and sexual offences (612) and other crime (596).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in N5 was 119.4 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.
Deprivation in N5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so N5 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 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 N5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington 006A | 2,000 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| Islington 006D | 1,524 | 141.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Islington 006F | 1,313 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Islington 006G | 1,534 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Islington 009A | 1,873 | 117.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Islington 009B | 1,533 | 138.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Islington 009C | 1,525 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Islington 009D | 1,313 | 107.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Islington 009E | 1,621 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Islington 011J | 1,422 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| Islington 012C | 1,753 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Islington 012D | 1,740 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Islington 013A | 1,839 | 135.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Islington 013B | 2,260 | 171.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.9% |
| Islington 013C | 1,412 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Islington 014F | 1,699 | 136.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
MPs for N5
- Jeremy CorbynYour PartyMP for Islington North98% of N5’s postcodes
- Emily ThornberryLabourMP for Islington South and Finsbury1.0% of N5’s postcodes
- Mr David LammyLabourMP for Tottenham1.0% of N5’s postcodes
- Ms Diane AbbottLabourMP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington0.5% of N5’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 N53
Postcode sectors in N53
Council1
Towns in N51
Postcode districts next to N54
Nearest rail stations4
More in the N postcode area2
N5 in brief
N5 is a postcode district covering Highbury and Canonbury, in Islington.
About 25,308 people lived in N5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £700,000 in 2025 across 326 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 114.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in N5 was £700,000 in 2025.
N5 had 25,461 usual residents at the census.
In N5, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In N5, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.