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Principal Square

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32 recorded sales · median £235,050 · Hackney

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Hackney Council · Green (directly-elected mayor) 42/57 seats · 74% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

63/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£235k

median price

12.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£235k

median sold price

11.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

8 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

107

schools total

12.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

818

Violence — most

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.2%

in a flood zone

368

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,072

eat & drink

268

shops

86.8%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£147,000 in 1999 → £342,000 in 2011

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Hackney, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £235,050. That's about 11.9× local earnings — around the 13.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

2011 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 32 sales£235,050

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.9× · five-year average 13.3×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership25%

Owned outright

10%

With a mortgage

15%

Private rented

32%

Social rented

41%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,060

Your band:

London Borough of Hackney£1,550

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,374

Band B£1,602

Band C£1,831

Band D (baseline)£2,060

Band E£2,518

Band F£2,976

Band G£3,434

Band H£4,121

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Hackney how Principal Square compares · from Hackney

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Homerton +25%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Homerton	£623,000	+25%	302
Manor House	£495,000	+23.9%	34
Dalston	£660,000	+8.9%	346
Brownswood Park	£595,000	+8.2%	214
Stamford Hill	£490,000	+6.4%	316
Hackney	£567,125	+5.6%	336
Shacklewell	£549,500	+5.4%	364
Haggerston	£525,000	+4.2%	294
Victoria Park Village	£674,000	+4%	100
West Hackney	£545,000	-1.8%	288
Woodberry Down	£471,250	-3.4%	280
Clapton	£530,750	-5.5%	408
Stoke Newington	£654,804	-8.3%	274
Hackney Wick	£508,000	-12.8%	102
Hoxton	£570,000	-16.3%	246
Shoreditch	£645,000	-27.7%	136

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Principal Square — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
6 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£840,000	Sep 2024
4 PRINCIPAL SQUARE HACKNEY LONDON	Flat	—	—	£690,000	Jul 2022
11 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£239,000	Sep 2011
1 PRINCIPAL SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£445,000	Mar 2011
7 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£249,999	Jun 2010
2, Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£330,000	Oct 2009
5, Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£480,000	Dec 2008
6 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£299,950	Mar 2007
3 PRINCIPAL SQUARE HACKNEY	Flat	—	—	£399,999	Jun 2006
4 PRINCIPAL SQUARE HACKNEY LONDON	Flat	—	—	£275,000	Apr 2006
1 PRINCIPAL SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£340,000	Jan 2006
12 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£210,000	Jul 2004
3 PRINCIPAL SQUARE HACKNEY	Flat	—	—	£331,000	May 2004
7 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£155,000	Mar 2004
2, Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£243,000	Jul 2003
8 PRINCIPAL SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£170,000	Apr 2003
6 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£240,000	Mar 2003
4 PRINCIPAL SQUARE HACKNEY LONDON	Flat	—	—	£246,000	Feb 2003
11 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£145,000	Nov 2001
5, Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£293,000	Jul 2001
12 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£148,000	Apr 2001
12 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£110,000	Nov 1999
11 Principal Square	Flat	—	—	£110,000	Nov 1999
1 PRINCIPAL SQUARE	Flat	—	—	£231,100	Nov 1999

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Hackney

Crime runs at 12.9 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month12.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Hackney

Violence & sexual offences

818

Anti-social behaviour

641

Theft from the person

325

Shoplifting

300

Other theft

285

Public order

209

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Hackney district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Hackney

Population259,146

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 3/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 25% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 3/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 3/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — more deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 25% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 3 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

3.0/10

Employment

4.0/10

Education & skills

6.5/10

Health & disability

3.3/10

Crime

3.4/10

Housing & services

3.8/10

Living environment

2.5/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Hackney — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+64%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)52%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home25%

Median age32.9

Born outside the UK40%

See the full Hackney report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

7 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Daubeney Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.3 km
St Michael's Nurseries Ltd	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Bright Kids Hackney Ltd	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Bloomers Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
Kingsmead Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	0.5 km
The City Academy, Hackney	Secondary	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Little Gems Nursery (Homerton)	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Berger Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Rushmore Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Clapton Park Childrens' Centre Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.6 km
Cardinal Pole Catholic School	Secondary	—	0.6 km
Nursery Of Happy Stories	Nursery	—	0.7 km
St John and St James CofE Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.7 km
Mandeville Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	0.7 km
Forest Grove Hackney	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Round Chapel Families Project (Nursery)	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.7 km
The Olive School, Hackney	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.7 km
Morningside Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Morningside Preschool	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Clapton Girls' Academy	Secondary	Outstanding ('24)	0.8 km
FunnCamp at Clapton Girls	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Learning Hive - Hackney	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Millfields Community School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Alpha Nurseries	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.1 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

20 of 20 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Regal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Silverfields Chemists	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.3 km
The Lea Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.3 km
The Wick Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Kalpesh Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Kingsmead Healthcare	GP	Good ('17)	0.5 km
Silverfields	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Friends Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Latimer Health Centre	GP	Good ('19)	0.7 km
Safedale Ltd	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Bees Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Lower Clapton General Practice	GP	—	0.8 km
Clockwork Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Colosseum Dental (Well Street)	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Clockwork Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Af Dental Hackney	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Oral Surgery Ltd	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Athena Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	0.9 km
Clockwork Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
V Dental Smile Studio	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Fa Strange Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Elsdale Street Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Trowbridge Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.1 km
Clapton Pond Dental	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Marijak Ltd	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Hackney Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Victoria Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Sonigra Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Well Street Surgery	GP	—	1.5 km
The Nightingale Practice	GP	—	1.6 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
The Greenhouse Walk-In	GP	Outstanding ('17)	1.7 km
The Clapton Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	1.7 km
The Riverside Practice	GP	—	1.7 km
Hackney Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Dalston Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.8 km
Sandringham Practice	GP	Good ('17)	1.8 km
Devs Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Clapton Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Asvacare	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Richmond Road Medical Centre	GP	—	1.9 km
Ruston Street Clinic	GP	Good ('16)	1.9 km
Beechwood Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.1 km
Dalston Lane (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.1 km
37-39	Dentist	—	2.1 km
London Fields Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.1 km
Unipharm Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Norlington Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Parnell Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Sinclairs	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Somerford Grove Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.2 km
Healy Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	2.2 km
Leyton Healthcare 4Th Floor	GP	Good ('17)	2.2 km
Dental Beauty Bow	Dentist	—	2.2 km
M C Lewis & Associates Ltd	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Bell Pharmacy Bow	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
St. Stephens Health Centre	GP	Good ('22)	2.2 km
William Place Dental Aesthetics	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Fountayne Road Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.2 km
Seymour Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.2 km
Chrysanth Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Phlo-Digital Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Bradbury Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Dental & Oral Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	2.4 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Hackney

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 8 min from Hackney Downs Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Homerton Rail Station	0.3 mi	—	no direct train
Hackney Central Rail Station	0.7 mi	—	no direct train
Hackney Downs Rail Station	0.8 mi	London Liverpool Street	8 min
Hackney Wick Rail Station	0.9 mi	—	no direct train
London Fields Rail Station	1.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	8 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Hackney Downs Rail Station (8 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

50%

Public transport

22%

Walk or cycle

17%

Drive

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging85 points

Per 10,000 residents3.3

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Hackney

Air quality

NO₂

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1006.3%

Flood zone3.2% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill32 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings555

Conservation areas31

Green belt0%

Green spaces368

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Hackney

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,072	85% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	268	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	69	—
Green spaces & parks	368	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

86.8%

Superfast

97.8%

Ultrafast

88%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Hackney

Figures for the wider Hackney — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate7.9%

In work (employment rate)64.1%

Companies registered here113,467

New incorporations (12m)30,120

Property companies (SPVs)18,079

See the full Hackney report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district