# N5 1RS: area report for a postcode in Islington

N5 1RS is a postcode in Islington.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Islington. Open the map at N5 1RS for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) › [N5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/n5) › [N5 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/n5-1)

## Around this postcode

- **139 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 35% on July. Islington 013B: 171 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **Highbury & Islington, 320 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **12 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 150 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **No property in N5 1RS listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Islington 013B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **£654,286 average price**: For the whole of Islington, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **7 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 390 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **12 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at N5 1RS**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **Low road and rail noise at N5 1RS**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS
- **19.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Courtyard Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-courtyard-islington-e139418) | Special | 150 m (2 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | – |
| [Drayton Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/drayton-park-primary-school-e100402) | Primary | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, June 2025 | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Mary Magdalene Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-magdalene-academy-e134314) | All-through | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [New River College Secondary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-river-college-secondary-e100391) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | – |
| [Highbury Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highbury-fields-school-e100455) | Secondary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, September 2022 | Attainment 8 of 56.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Laycock Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/laycock-primary-school-e100411) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Samuel Rhodes MLD School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/samuel-rhodes-mld-school-e100469) | Special | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [City of London Academy Highbury Grove](https://openindex.co.uk/school/city-of-london-academy-highbury-grove-e144962) | Secondary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022 | Attainment 8 of 44.0 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2023 | £2,000,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| November 2025 | £950,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 30 m |
| July 2025 | £1,100,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| August 2024 | £1,050,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| November 2024 | £590,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| November 2023 | £750,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| July 2026 | £1,750,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| July 2025 | £127,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Highbury & Islington (320 m, 4 minutes on foot); Highbury and Islington (330 m, 4 minutes on foot); Drayton Park (420 m, 5 minutes on foot); Holloway Road (690 m, 9 minutes on foot); Canonbury (900 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE MEDICAL CENTRE (390 m); ISLINGTON CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE (500 m); ISLINGTON GP FEDERATION (660 m); THE NORTHERN MEDICAL CENTRE (750 m); SOBELL MEDICAL CENTRE (780 m)
- Pharmacies: EGERTON CHEMIST (250 m); ATKINS CHEMIST (300 m); ROSE CHEMIST (430 m); HIGHBURY PHARMACY (700 m); DERMACIA PHARMACY (700 m)
- Dental practices: HIGHBURY DENTAL PRACTICE (710 m); HEALTH CENTRE (750 m); PENTONVILLE (DENTAL PRACTICE) (860 m); SMILE DENTAL CARE PENTONVILLE (860 m)
- Supermarkets: Little Waitrose Highbury Corner (240 m, Waitrose); Tesco Highbury Express (260 m, Tesco); Little Waitrose Shell Holloway (280 m, Waitrose); Sainsburys Islington St Pauls Road Local (430 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Drayton Park Express (540 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £654,286** (August 2026). Islington’s average house price was £654,286 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 8.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £50,692** (2025). Full-time workers living in Islington earned a median of £50,692 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 13th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.9×** (2025). A home in Islington costs 12.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 11th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 26.7** (2025). Islington has a deprivation score of 26.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 62nd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Islington 013B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.3** (2025). Islington 013B has a deprivation score of 11.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,272nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £1,805,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Islington 013B was £1,805,000 in 2025. 58th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,260** (2021). Islington 013B had 2,260 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,335th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.9%** (January 2026). In Islington 013B, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## N5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £700,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in N5 was £700,000 in 2025. 81st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 25,461** (2021). N5 had 25,461 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,147th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in N5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.2%** (January 2026). In N5, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington)
- Centre: 51.5490, -0.1052

Council: [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Islington North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/islington-north): Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.1052,51.5490,N51RS

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