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On Aberdeen Road, in Highbury
What it's like at N5 2XA: every home that has sold on Aberdeen Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Aberdeen Road; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
9 of the 133 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Top Floor Flat, 78, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Apr 2023 | £765,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 78, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Sept 2007 | £450,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Upper Ground Floor Flat, 78, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Sept 2019 | £626,000 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 78, Aberdeen RoadFlat · company-owned | Jul 2012 | £352,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 81, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Jul 2015 | £1,020,000 | 115 m² | £8,870/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 81, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Mar 2018 | £650,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat C, 81, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £690,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 82, Aberdeen RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £4,425,000 | 347 m² | £12,752/m² | 3 |
| 83, Aberdeen RoadTerraced | May 2010 | £1,300,000 | 201 m² | £6,468/m² | 1 |
| First And Second Floor Flat, 86, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Aug 2013 | £820,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Basement And Ground Floor Flat, 86, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Feb 2023 | £1,290,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 87, Aberdeen RoadTerraced | Apr 2004 | £850,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 2, 88, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Dec 2003 | £245,000 | 57 m² | £4,298/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 88, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Nov 2010 | £423,500 | 72 m² | £5,882/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 88, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Dec 2001 | £529,000 | 58 m² | £9,121/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, 88, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Dec 1998 | £115,000 | 57 m² | £2,018/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 88, Aberdeen RoadFlat | Nov 2003 | £185,000 | 59 m² | £3,136/m² | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 59% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Drayton Park, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 729k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Moorgate.
The nearest bus stop is St Joan of Arc School, 200 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 19); 177 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 6 km away as the crow flies.
61% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Joan of Arc RC Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 71% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Gillespie Primary School (0.7 km), with 8 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Highbury Fields School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 57.4 · 26% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mary Magdalene Academy (1.2 km) and Waterside Academy (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (7.1 km) and The Latymer School (8.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 15% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's (Clissold Quarter), 650 m away, with Seasons and Blossoms closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Highbury Grange Medical Practice (200 m), with Safedale the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Zebra is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Whittington Hospital, 3.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 72% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Farang London is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Bank Of Friendship PH the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 92 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 43% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Highbury Fields, Aberdeen Park).
There are 12 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (83%).
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
56 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 137 | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Islington North constituency: Jeremy Corbyn MP (Your Party), since June 1983. 2024 general election: Ind gain from Lab, majority 7,247 (14.8%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Independent 49%, Labour 34%, Green Party 5%, Conservative 4%.
72 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near N5 2XA →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest park is Petherton Green, 650 m away; for exercise, Lim (250 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond), 4.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 21.8 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 59% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is London Metropolitan University, 1.2 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 61 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 83.8% | 66.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.9% | 12.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 11.3% | 19.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 133 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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