London Fields & Mare Street

Hackney · London · population 10,622 · 6 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,975 of 6,856 in England
  • #694 of 1,002 in London
  • #15 of 30 in Hackney
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,417
Median age (est.)33
Density14,100per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above62%
No car or van68%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 49%45–64 20%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 34%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 14%Other: 21%
One person 33%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 14%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 23% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional23%
Managers & directors16%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Administrative5%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 9%Black: 18%Mixed: 8%Other: 6%
White 60%Asian 9%Black 18%Mixed 8%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 31% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

London Fields & Mare Street is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,975 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 30 in Hackney. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Crime (11). Typical homes here sold for about £747,075 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 111 sales), 29% above the wider Hackney median of £580,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,664 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 146 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 30 · #4,797
Employment 37 · #4,303
Education 86 · #923
Health 14 · #5,873
Crime 11 · #6,078
Housing & access 29 · #4,858
Living environment 18 · #5,626

House prices ?

£747,075median (12m) · +9.9% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£747,075111+9.9%+3.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,024,12520-18.1%+3.3%
Flat£679,00090+8.6%+6.9%
This area£747,075
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)£52,664±£7,570 · #707 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,858
Price-to-income ?14.2×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

146 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,554 offences
Hackney122
London102
England83

Rank #5,873 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences449
Theft509
Burglary147
Vehicle crime127
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons102
Drugs66
Robbery76
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 411 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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