Hackney: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Hackney on the mapWhat these local examples show
Homerton station, Hackney Church Gardens and The Factory shopping reference point towards Homerton, Hackney Central and Dalston Kingsland respectively. Their green destinations also differ: Victoria Park, Hackney Church Gardens and Hackney Downs. The station and shopping choices therefore change even where all three crime readings share the same band. These are public reference positions, not claims about the whole surrounding neighbourhood.
This page covers the official Hackney boundary (E09000012), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 14 supported station records, 23 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 14 supported supermarket records, 3 shopping-centre records and 106 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Mildmay, Piccadilly, Weaver, Windrush. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Homerton Rail Station
Station reference · station position. Coordinates: 51.547012, -0.042360.
Retained source ID: 910GHOMRTON. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 51.83 dB Nighttime: 40.15 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 68.03 dB Nighttime: 62.86 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Homerton Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 12 min walk Victoria Park 86.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Hackney 019A · E01001729 330.8 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,333 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk Berger Primary School Primary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 9 min walk Tesco Tesco · Mapped supermarket · mapped customer entrance |
| Shopping walk | No mapped route within 30 min No reliable shopping access estimate within the 30-minute routing cap. |
2. Hackney Church Gardens
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.549001, -0.053169.
Retained source ID: 76167234. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 53.53 dB Nighttime: 48.29 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 51.67 dB Nighttime: 46.72 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 4 min walk Hackney Central Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Hackney Church Gardens 2.7 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Hackney 017B · E01001734 238.2 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 910 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 2 min walk The Olive School, Hackney Primary · Free schools · No overall grade under the previous inspection framework · 2025-05-07 · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 6 min walk Tesco Tesco · Mapped supermarket · mapped customer entrance |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 20 min walk The Factory Shopping centre · centre position |
3. The Factory
Shopping-site reference · centre position. Coordinates: 51.551203, -0.073397.
Retained source ID: w469917740. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 59.38 dB Nighttime: 45.59 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 6 min walk Dalston Kingsland Rail Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 9 min walk Hackney Downs 16.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Hackney 014B · E01001747 242.5 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,163 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 2 min walk Halley House School Primary · Free schools · Good · legacy overall · 2024-07-02 · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 6 min walk M&S Foodhall M&S · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk The Factory Shopping centre · centre position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; missing readings do not establish quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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