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St James's Walk

5 recorded sales · median £230,000 · Islington

Islington Council · Labour-controlled   32/51 seats · 63% · OCD 2026
OverviewCostSafetyWho lives hereSchoolsHealthGetting aroundEnvironmentAmenities & economy
74/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£230k
median price
17.8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£230k
median sold price
11.8 yrs
of local pay to buy
5 min
London — fastest
15
rail stations
0
grammar schools
73
schools total
17.8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
939
ASB — most
25.5
NO₂ · WHO 10
0%
in a flood zone
356
green spaces
9.3
PM2.5 · WHO 5
1,279
eat & drink
261
shops
89.5%
gigabit
48
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

Not enough history to chart yet.
On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Islington, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-05
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01

What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £230,000. That's about 11.8× local earnings — around the 14× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price · median of all 5 sales£230,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.8× · five-year average 14×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership27%

Owned outright
12%
With a mortgage
15%
Private rented
31%
Social rented
40%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,108

London Borough of Islington£1,597
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,405
Band B£1,639
Band C£1,874
Band D (baseline)£2,108
Band E£2,576
Band F£3,045
Band G£3,513
Band H£4,216
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 Islington how St James's Walk compares · from Islington

Fastest 5-yr growth: Clerkenwell +16.3%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Clerkenwell£1,044,000+16.3%22
Canonbury£800,000+14.1%154
Tufnell Park£620,500+12.7%208
Finsbury Park£539,000+7.8%194
Archway£587,000+7.5%246
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

How safe is it? from Islington

Crime runs at 17.8 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 / month17.8
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Islington

Anti-social behaviour
939
Violence & sexual offences
853
Shoplifting
472
Theft from the person
460
Other theft
309
Public order
207
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Islington 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 Islington

Population216,589

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 4/10
12345678910
WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% 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 4 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
3.6/10
Employment
3.9/10
Education & skills
6.4/10
Health & disability
4.2/10
Crime
5.1/10
Housing & services
5.1/10
Living environment
2.3/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Islington — 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+63%
Unemployment · economically active residents8%
Degree-level (Level 4+)57%
Good or very good health84%
Own their home27%
Median age33.5
Born outside the UK40%

See the full Islington report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

100%
5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 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
SchoolPhaseOfstedDistance
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

21 of 22 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
NameTypeCQC ratingDistance
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 Islington

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 8 min from City Thameslink Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

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

Travel to work

Work from home
56%
Public transport
20%
Walk or cycle
14%
Drive
7%
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging38 points

Per 10,000 residents1.8
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Islington

Air quality

NO₂
25.5
— WHO guide
10
PM2.5
9.3
— WHO guide
5
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1001.3%
Flood zone0% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill6 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 buildings1,048
Conservation areas41
Green belt0%
Green spaces356
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Islington

What's here

CategoryCountNote
Eat & drink1,27983% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops261supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds48
Green spaces & parks356filled areas on the map
OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit
89.5%
Superfast
96%
Ultrafast
89.5%
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Islington

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

Unemployment rate8%
In work (employment rate)62.6%
Companies registered here108,482
New incorporations (12m)27,109
Property companies (SPVs)10,186

See the full Islington report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district