Dalston East

Hackney · London · population 9,204 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,646 of 6,856 in England
  • #615 of 1,002 in London
  • #9 of 30 in Hackney
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,219
Median age (est.)35
Density13,871per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above59%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 42%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 39%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 15%Other: 19%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 15%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 24% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional24%
Managers & directors16%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 8%Black: 22%Mixed: 6%Other: 6%
White 57%Asian 8%Black 22%Mixed 6%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 32% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 36%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Dalston East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,646 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 30 in Hackney. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (88) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £655,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 77 sales), 13% above the wider Hackney median of £580,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,248 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 144 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 29 · #4,838
Employment 34 · #4,495
Education 88 · #828
Health 29 · #4,865
Crime 17 · #5,695
Housing & access 39 · #4,166
Living environment 11 · #6,106

House prices ?

£655,000median (12m) · -12.6% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£655,00077-12.6%-8.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£1,891,0005-32.6%
Terraced£1,615,00016+14.9%+0.9%
Flat£585,00054+7.8%-4.5%
This area£655,000
Hackney£580,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£49,248±£7,191 · #1,195 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,614
Price-to-income ?13.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

144 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,330 offences
Hackney122
London102
England83

Rank #5,860 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences334
Theft443
Burglary86
Vehicle crime116
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons126
Drugs91
Robbery63
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 432 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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