Photo: Robert Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0Across Hackney, life expectancy spans 10 years from one area to another
Inside the borough, men’s life expectancy runs from 73.8 in Homerton South to 83.9 in Stoke Newington North, 1.6 miles apart. Life expectancy is 76.9 for men and 82.1 for women. Across England the figures for 2019 to 2023 are 79.1 and 83.0. Hackney grades C− for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age.
What stands out about health in Hackney
More A&E patients are seen within four hours than across England
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the A&E at Homerton University Hospital, saw 81% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 3rd of 117 trusts. 1.3% of patients admitted through its A&Es waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit, against 13% in England. A&E ↓
A 10-year gap from one part of Hackney to another
Men in Stoke Newington North can expect to live to 83.9, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Homerton South, 1.6 miles away, the figure is 73.8, and Stamford Hill South records 153 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 79.3 in Stamford Hill South to 85.2 in Stoke Newington North. Neighbourhoods ↓
More of Hackney’s children are obese
26% of Year 6 children (aged 10 to 11) were measured as obese over the last three school years, against 22.3% across England; more than in 92% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
Patients rate Hackney’s GP practices above England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 81% of patients at Hackney’s 37 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 68% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is ahead of 57% of English towns. GP practices ↓
Men live longer lives than Hackney’s level of deprivation would suggest
40% of Hackney’s residents are income-deprived. Across England’s towns that predicts men’s life expectancy of 75.2; Hackney’s is 76.9. For its circumstances ↓
Written from the OHID, NHS England and GP Patient Survey figures on this page. Life expectancy covers 2019 to 2023; neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people.
Hackney grades C− for health
Healthier than 17% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
Behind the typical UK town on every measure. Even its strongest, disability and emergency admissions, are in the bottom 50% of UK towns; child obesity and women’s years in good health are furthest behind. Among the 51 UK towns of 181,000 to 349,000 people, Hackney’s Health Grade is the 37th highest.
Each measure is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, the ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. Every measure allows for the town’s ages: life expectancy is worked out from the death rate at each age, so it doesn’t depend on how old the town’s residents are; deaths and admissions are counted against what England’s rates would give a town with these ages, and the Census answers against England and Wales’s rates by single year of age, so a seaside town of retired people isn’t marked down for being old.
Homerton Healthcare saw 81% of major-A&E patients within four hours
Type 1 (major) A&E attendances seen, admitted or discharged within four hours of arrival, by month. NHS England publishes it by trust, not hospital: Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs the A&E at Homerton University Hospital, the nearest to Hackney (0.9 mi).
The share seen within four hours has held near 80% over 18 months. Long waits for a bed are rarer than at 82% of trusts: 278 patients in 12 months, 1.3% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Homerton University Hospital: urgent and emergency services outstanding (2018), the hospital overall outstanding (2023).
London trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9 mi | Homerton University Hospital A&E London · Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Outstanding2023 | Outstanding2018 |
| 2 mi | Moorfields Eye Hospital London · Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Outstanding2019 | — |
| 2.3 mi | The Royal London Hospital A&E London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2022 | Good2019 |
| 2.8 mi | St Bartholomew's Hospital London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Good2017 | — |
| 3.1 mi | Great Ormond Street Hospital London · Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | Good2025 | — |
| 3.1 mi | The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London · University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Good2018 | — |
| 3.1 mi | The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine London · University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 3.2 mi | The Whittington Hospital A&E London · Whittington Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
NHS acute hospitals registered with the Care Quality Commission (care directory, 01 October 2026). “A&E” marks a major (type 1) emergency department, open 24 hours and led by consultants, in NHS England’s Emergency Care Data Set; a hospital without the mark may still have a minor injury unit or urgent treatment centre. Ratings run Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate; the year is when each was published. Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
Men’s life expectancy across Hackney runs from 73.8 to 83.9
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Hackney’s 28 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation less closely inside Hackney than across England. Stamford Hill North, where 79% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 78.8, among the borough’s longest; Homerton South, with 48%, has the shortest. Stamford Hill South has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (153 per 100 expected), against 75 in Stoke Newington North.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Newington North | 83.9 | 85.2 | 75 | 78 | 13% | 23% |
| South Hackney | 80.6 | 81.9 | 120 | 109 | 24% | 36% |
| Stoke Newington East & Cazenove | 79.5 | 82.4 | 80 | 81 | 19% | 40% |
| Stamford Hill North | 78.8 | 82.3 | 99 | 88 | 29% | 79% |
| Hackney Wick | 78.8 | 81.3 | 124 | 118 | 29% | 39% |
| De Beauvoir | 78.6 | 81.9 | 109 | — | 27% | 30% |
| Upper Clapton | 78.5 | 80.2 | 116 | 94 | 29% | 71% |
| Homerton North | 78.5 | 83.3 | 70 | 109 | 18% | 28% |
| Stamford Hill West | 77.8 | 83.8 | 86 | 76 | 33% | 73% |
| Haggerston East | 77.6 | 81.5 | 119 | 117 | 29% | 40% |
| Clissold South | 77.3 | 84.8 | 93 | 88 | 16% | 22% |
| Dalston East | 77.3 | 85.2 | 113 | 90 | 20% | 28% |
| Lower Clapton | 76.9 | 81.1 | 117 | 102 | 16% | 27% |
| Hoxton South & East | 76.8 | 80.4 | 104 | — | 34% | 29% |
| Hackney Central | 76.7 | 84.7 | 110 | 84 | 28% | 31% |
| Dalston Kingsland | 76.5 | 83.9 | 108 | — | 24% | 23% |
| Clapton Leaside | 76.4 | 80.8 | 119 | 104 | 27% | 50% |
| Hackney Marshes | 76.2 | 81.7 | 146 | 137 | 36% | 48% |
| Brownswood | 76.1 | 84.5 | 114 | 79 | 20% | 28% |
| Clissold North | 76.1 | 82.7 | 132 | 103 | 21% | 36% |
| Hoxton North & West | 75.9 | 80.3 | 127 | 78 | 28% | 34% |
| Woodberry Down & Manor House | 75.7 | 81.3 | 116 | 101 | 30% | 42% |
| Stamford Hill South | 75.4 | 79.3 | 153 | 98 | 29% | 87% |
| Haggerston West & Kingsland Basin | 75.4 | 82.0 | 126 | 95 | 30% | 36% |
| Stoke Newington South | 75.1 | 84.0 | 117 | 91 | 29% | 35% |
| London Fields & Mare Street | 74.7 | 81.8 | 137 | 117 | 23% | 28% |
| Amhurst Road & Pembury Estate | 74.3 | 81.4 | 129 | 114 | 31% | 44% |
| Homerton South | 73.8 | 79.9 | 141 | 142 | 30% | 48% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Homerton South’s men’s life expectancy is 73.8 with a 95% range of 71.7 to 76.0. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Hackney; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
81% of patients rate Hackney’s 37 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 3rd of 48 English towns of 181,000 to 349,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lea Surgery E9 6AG · 9,470 adult patients | 93% good · range 84%–97% | 88% | 92% | Good2017 |
| Shoreditch Park Surgery N1 5DR · 8,459 adult patients | 92% good · range 78%–98% | 92% | 88% | Good2026 |
| The Wick Health Centre E9 5TD · 6,839 adult patients | 92% good · range 87%–96% | 86% | 91% | Good2023 |
| Athena Medical Centre E5 0QP · 4,183 adult patients | 91% good · range 86%–95% | 81% | 71% | Good2024 |
| Lower Clapton General Practice E5 0PQ · 12,714 adult patients | 91% good · range 66%–98% | 74% | 87% | Good2017 |
| The Greenhouse Practice E9 7SN · 1,104 adult patients | 90% good · range 89%–92% | 83% | 89% | Outstanding2017 |
| Somerford Grove Practice N16 7UA · 9,807 adult patients | 90% good · range 79%–95% | 68% | 68% | Good2026 |
| Kingsmead Healthcare E9 5QG · 4,238 adult patients | 89% good · range 83%–93% | 85% | 88% | Good2026 |
| The Surgery - Barretts Grove N16 8AR · 5,802 adult patients | 88% good · range 83%–92% | 75% | 78% | Good2017 |
| Spring Hill Practice N16 6UH · 12,798 adult patients | 88% good · range 71%–96% | 78% | 75% | Good2019 |
| Richmond Road Medical Centre E8 3HN · 21,370 adult patients | 87% good · range 50%–98% | 83% | 90% | Outstanding2026 |
| Statham Grove Surgery N16 9DP · 7,766 adult patients | 87% good · range 78%–93% | 69% | 87% | Good2026 |
| The Nightingale Practice E5 8BY · 10,024 adult patients | 85% good · range 67%–94% | 76% | 84% | Good2016 |
| Dalston Practice E8 1PG · 5,530 adult patients | 85% good · range 75%–91% | 92% | 87% | Good2018 |
| Latimer Health Centre E9 6RT · 4,673 adult patients | 85% good · range 77%–90% | 91% | 86% | Good2019 |
| Elsdale Street Surgery E9 6QY · 6,133 adult patients | 83% good · range 77%–88% | 72% | 71% | Good2023 |
| Queensbridge Group Practice E8 3XP · 8,356 adult patients | 83% good · range 65%–92% | 47% | 69% | Good2019 |
| Brooke Road Surgery N16 7LR · 4,050 adult patients | 82% good · range 76%–88% | 84% | 68% | Good2026 |
| Beechwood Medical Centre E8 3AH · 2,997 adult patients | 82% good · range 78%–85% | 73% | 76% | Good2021 |
| London Fields Medical Centre E8 4QJ · 9,465 adult patients | 82% good · range 73%–88% | 65% | 79% | Good2018 |
| De Beauvoir Surgery N1 5QT · 11,429 adult patients | 81% good · range 67%–90% | 78% | 77% | Good2026 |
| Barton House Group Practice N16 9JT · 9,770 adult patients | 81% good · range 70%–89% | 54% | 78% | Good2026 |
| Mildmay Medical Practice N16 9NF · 6,683 adult patients | 80% good · range 70%–87% | 53% | 70% | Good2024 |
| Healy Medical Centre E5 9DH · 4,071 adult patients | 79% good · range 71%–85% | 79% | 68% | Good2016 |
| Well Street Surgery E9 7TA · 11,490 adult patients | 79% good · range 64%–88% | 61% | 70% | Requires improvement2026 |
| Cedar Practice N4 2NU · 7,431 adult patients | 78% good · range 67%–86% | 85% | 71% | Good2024 |
| Dr Rajiv Goel E5 9BQ · 4,181 adult patients | 77% good · range 70%–82% | 67% | 75% | Good2026 |
| Allerton Road Medical Centre N16 5UF · 4,216 adult patients | 76% good · range 69%–82% | 74% | 60% | Good2023 |
| The Hoxton Surgery N1 5DR · 8,373 adult patients | 75% good · range 57%–87% | 63% | 46% | Good2019 |
| Trowbridge Surgery E9 5NE · 6,621 adult patients | 74% good · range 61%–84% | 54% | 67% | Good2016 |
The 30 highest-rated of 37 practices shown.
The Lea Surgery has the borough’s highest rating (93%). Richmond Road Medical Centre is by far the largest, with 21,370 adult patients. You can register with any practice whose area covers your address.
GP Patient Survey 2026: surveys sent January to March 2026; results weighted by NHS England. The range is the 95% confidence interval. Adult patients: the survey’s practice population aged 16 and over. A practice counts as in Hackney when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Men’s life expectancy in Hackney is 1.7 years above what its level of deprivation predicts
Across 1,996 English towns of 2,500 or more, men’s life expectancy tracks income deprivation closely (correlation −0.81). Each dot is a town.
40% of Hackney’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 75.2 years for men; Hackney’s is 76.9. For women it predicts 79.7, and Hackney’s 82.1 is 2.4 years above.
Income deprivation: share of residents in low-income households, English Indices of Deprivation 2025, averaged over each town’s neighbourhoods. A town above or below the line isn’t necessarily doing better or worse on care: students, prisons and hostels inside a boundary all shift the figures.
Care in and near Hackney
The nearest A&E, the practice patients rate highest, and where to go when it’s urgent but not an emergency. In an emergency, call 999.
80% of adults in the North East London area who tried got an NHS dental appointment
Adults who tried to get an NHS dental appointment for themselves in the last two years, and got one. GP Patient Survey 2026, by integrated care system (the NHS area that plans dentistry for Hackney).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of North East London patients who did, 71% rated the experience good (England 74%). NHS practices taking new patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist; for urgent dental pain, call NHS 111.
The survey asks GP patients about dentistry, so results are published for health areas, not towns or practices.
85% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 132 report bad health for every 100 expected, more than the national rate.
Show as a table
| Census 2021 | Hackney | London | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 85% | 82% |
| Fair health | 9.9% | 10% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 14% | 13% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 6.4% | 5.8% | 7.4% |
London and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Hackney’s Health Grade is 37th of 51 UK towns of 181,000 to 349,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Hackney, and others in London. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond upon Thames London | 192,888 | 82.2 / 86.6 | 64 | A |
| 2 | Bromley London | 325,469 | 81.3 / 85.1 | 78 | B+ |
| 3 | Harrow London | 260,534 | 80.9 / 85.2 | 78 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Luton Bedfordshire | 233,524 | 77.2 / 81.8 | 119 | C− |
| 36 | Aberdeen Aberdeen City | 192,968 | 77.0 / 81.1 | — | C− |
| 37 | Hackney London | 258,464 | 76.9 / 82.1 | 115 | C− |
| 38 | Peterborough Cambridgeshire | 190,592 | 77.3 / 81.7 | 122 | C− |
| 39 | Southampton Hampshire | 249,633 | 78.1 / 82.2 | 118 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 51 | Belfast Belfast | 293,298 | 76.3 / 80.5 | — | D− |
Health letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only. Welsh towns are graded on life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and the two Census measures: OHID’s early-death, admissions and child-obesity figures cover England.
Health in the places around Hackney
Life expectancy for men / women, and the nearest A&E. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | People | Life expectancy | Nearest A&E | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | 258,464 | 76.9 / 82.1 | 0.9 mi | C− |
| Islington | 216,309 | 78.1 / 82.8 | 1.7 mi | C− |
| City of London | 7,820 | 84.1 / 87.1 | 1.5 mi | A+ |
| Tower Hamlets | 311,072 | 77.7 / 81.7 | 0.9 mi | C− |
| Haringey | 264,069 | 78.8 / 84.2 | 2 mi | C |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 78.5 / 83.6 | 0.9 mi | C |
| Camden | 209,342 | 79.6 / 85.0 | 0.8 mi | C+ |
| Newham | 351,065 | 77.6 / 82.2 | 0.7 mi | C− |
City of London, 2.5 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 84.1, 7.2 years longer than Hackney’s.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A&E figures are for the trust. NHS England publishes four-hour waits by trust, not hospital, so Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s figures cover every major A&E it runs. They count type 1 (major) departments; minor injury units and urgent treatment centres are left out, which is why they sit below the all-types figure NHS England headlines (75% for England).
- The GP survey is a survey. About 100 patients answer for each practice, so a practice’s figure has a range (shown in the table); small differences between practices aren’t meaningful. The town figure weights each practice by its adult patients, some of whom live outside Hackney.
- Adjusted for age. A ratio of 100 means as many deaths, admissions or reports of bad health as England’s rates (England and Wales’s for the Census) would give a town with these ages; 120 means a fifth more.
- Small areas, summed to the town. OHID publishes these figures for middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people; the town’s figure averages the areas it covers, weighted by how many of their residents live in it, so a village shares its area’s figure with the countryside around it.
- Different years. Life expectancy and deaths cover 2019 to 2023; emergency admissions 2016/17 to 2020/21 (the latest OHID publishes for small areas, including the pandemic dip); child obesity the three school years to 2024/25; A&E the 12 months to September 2026; the GP Patient Survey early 2026; CQC ratings were published on different dates, shown in each row.
- Distances are straight lines. Miles are measured from the town’s centre to each site; the road is longer. For an emergency, call 999; for urgent advice, call NHS 111.
Questions about health in Hackney
How healthy is Hackney?
Hackney earns a C− for health, healthier than 17% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 37th of 51 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 76.9 for men and 82.1 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 115 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Hackney have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Stoke Newington North (83.9), South Hackney (80.6) and Stoke Newington East & Cazenove (79.5); the shortest is Homerton South (73.8). For women, Stoke Newington North is highest (85.2) and Stamford Hill South lowest (79.3). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Homerton University Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 81% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 79%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Hackney?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 80% of adults in the North East London area who tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years got one, against 82% across England. Practices taking new NHS patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist service.
Which GP practice in Hackney do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, The Lea Surgery (93% good overall), Shoreditch Park Surgery (92% good overall) and The Wick Health Centre (92% good overall). Across all 37 Hackney practices, 81% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Hackney?
76.9 years for men and 82.1 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 61.8 of those years and women 62.6 in good health.
CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Sources: OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (life expectancy and deaths 2019–23, emergency admissions 2016/17–2020/21, NCMP 2022/23–2024/25); House of Commons Library MSOA names · ONS health state life expectancy for small areas (MSOAs), England and Wales, 2019 to 2023 (healthy life expectancy) · ONS Census 2021 general health and disability, adjusted for age · Care Quality Commission care directory and latest ratings, 01 October 2026 · NHS Organisation Data Service · GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos) · NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (monthly, by trust) and Emergency Care Data Set activity by site, June–September 2026 (type 1 A&Es) · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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