EC2A — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of EC2A, Hackney South and Shoreditch from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
EC2A is a postcode district in Hackney South and Shoreditch. Homes here sold for a median of £975,000 over the last year, up 5.2% over five years. 2,006 sales are on record. 86% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £719,422 median sold price (all time)
- £975,000 median price, last 12 months
- 2,006 recorded sales
- +5.2% 5-year price change
- 4% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 86% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| Cosmopolitan House, 8 Christina Street | Flat | £465,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Cosmopolitan House, 8 Christina Street | Flat | £465,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 50 - 52 Great Eastern Street | Flat | £692,000 | Mar 2026 |
| 26 Holywell Row | Terraced | £1,650,000 | Mar 2026 |
| Pennybank Chambers, 1 Fairchild Place | Flat | £360,000 | Feb 2026 |
| 7 New Inn Broadway | Flat | £620,000 | Feb 2026 |
| Victoria Chambers Paul Street | Flat | £415,000 | Jan 2026 |
| 7 New Inn Broadway | Flat | £220,000 | Jan 2026 |
| 2 Principal Place | Flat | £990,000 | Nov 2025 |
| 32 Charlotte Road | Other | £1,695,000 | Nov 2025 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Theft from the person 537
- Violence and sexual offences 412
- Other theft 306
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider Hackney district
The figures below cover Hackney — the council district EC2A sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £560,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 259,146 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 100% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈8 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 87% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 12.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
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Prices by postcode sector
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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