Shoreditch

Hackney · London · population 6,463 · 3 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,528 of 6,856 in England
  • #400 of 1,002 in London
  • #2 of 30 in Hackney
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,952
Median age (est.)30
Density9,203per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above68%
No car or van81%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 20%25–44 53%45–64 15%65+ 3%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 59%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 22%Private rent 59%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 7%Lone parent: 8%Other: 24%
One person 37%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 7%Lone parent 8%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors18%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Caring & leisure4%
Administrative4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 14%Black: 14%Mixed: 7%Other: 7%
White 58%Asian 14%Black 14%Mixed 7%Other 7%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 28% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 58%

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

Shoreditch sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,528 of 6,856 in England, and #2 of 30 in Hackney. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (88) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £640,000 over the past year, down 29% across five years (from 39 sales), 10% above the wider Hackney median of £580,000. Typical household take-home income is around £61,906 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 527 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 50 · #3,453
Employment 75 · #1,712
Education 88 · #821
Health 36 · #4,413
Crime 20 · #5,509
Housing & access 55 · #3,090
Living environment 6 · #6,455

House prices ?

£640,000median (12m) · -13.2% yr · n=39
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£640,00039-13.2%-28.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Flat£640,00037-10.2%-28.7%
This area£640,000
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)£61,906±£9,745 · #127 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,340
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

527 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,404 offences
Hackney122
London102
England83

Rank #6,406 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences673
Theft1,605
Burglary164
Vehicle crime114
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons167
Drugs444
Robbery157
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 384 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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