Crescent Row London, Islington

23 addresses across 3 postcodes (EC1V,EC1Y), about 120 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 21604629.

  • Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2010 the median was £270,000 across 1 sale.
  • Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (C: 13, D: 4).
  • Flood: 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Islington costs £2,108 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Old Street, about 640 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 220 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 30.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 10.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: It is about 19 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 23 of its 23 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Neaman Practice, about 500 m (0.3 miles) away, with 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 770 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 11% of households owned their home and 52% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 546 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

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Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20101£270,000£270,000£270,000
20041£260,000£260,000£260,000
20014£140,000£140,000£140,000
19991£325,000£325,000£325,000
Most recent sales (7)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
10 Feb 2010BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOORS, 5 EC1Y 0SPFlat or maisonette£270,000Leasehold.
22 Jul 2004FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 5 EC1Y 0SPFlat or maisonette£260,000Leasehold.
2 Mar 2001B, 1 - 3 EC1Y 0SPFlat or maisonette£140,000New build. Leasehold.
2 Mar 2001C, 1 - 3 EC1Y 0SPFlat or maisonette£140,000New build. Leasehold.
2 Mar 2001D, 1 - 3 EC1Y 0SPFlat or maisonette£140,000New build. Leasehold.
2 Mar 2001A, 1 - 3 EC1Y 0SPFlat or maisonette£140,000New build. Leasehold.
6 Apr 1999FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 5 EC1Y 0SPTerraced£325,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from July 2018 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 65 m². Most common: Flat (16); Maisonette, end-terrace (1). Built: 1900-1929 (6); 1967-1975 (5); 1996-2002 (3). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (12); owner-occupied (5).

Each home's certificates and sales (17 addresses)

Council tax

What each band costs in Islington in 2026-27: Band D £2,108 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,405£1,640£1,874£2,108£2,577£3,045£3,514£4,216

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (28% of about 980 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, St Luke's, Hat and Feathers (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
EC1Y 0SPnot in 2 or 3 0 / 6 / 3 unlikely
EC1V 9AEnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
EC1Y 0UTnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's addresses are about 19 m above sea level.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
EC1V 9AE100%100%100%0%
EC1Y 0SP44%44%44%0%
EC1Y 0UT0%0%0%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsOld Street 6.1 million journeys in 2024–25640 m (0.4 miles)
Farringdon 50 million journeys in 2024–25680 m (0.4 miles)
Moorgate 8.8 million journeys in 2024–25800 m (0.5 miles)
Underground, metro or tramBarbican Underground Station380 m
Farringdon Underground Station660 m (0.4 miles)
Old Street Underground Station690 m (0.4 miles)
Bus stops19 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 81 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Aldersgate Street / Goswell Rd St Lukes30 m
Bus or coach stationLondon St Pancras Megabusplus2.1 km (1.3 miles)
Ferry terminalBlackfriars Pier1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Car parks11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Meteor Parking340 m
EV charging points40 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest ESB Energy Charging Station140 m
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon City Airport LCY10.8 km (6.7 miles)
Nearest large airportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR25.9 km (16 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Neaman Practice500 m (0.3 miles)
Pharmacies25 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Barbican Pharmacy & Clinic130 m
NHS dentists47 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Old Street Dental Clinic60 m
HospitalSt Bartholomews Hospital600 m (0.4 miles)
Police stationWood Street Police Station770 m (0.5 miles)
Cash machines4 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone360 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 3,240 m²220 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Spa Fields 7,790 m²770 m (0.5 miles)
Play area19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,080 m²290 m
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.5 ha530 m (0.3 miles)
AllotmentsUnnamed 840 m²1.8 km (1.1 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 18 parks and gardens, 5.4 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Crescent House Including Ground Floor Shops and Shakespeare Public House, a listed building (Grade II*), 140 m south. 492 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 24 of them Grade I and 39 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Crescent House Including Ground Floor Shops and Shakespeare Public HouseListed building, Grade II*140 m south
Golden Lane Estate Designed LandscapeRegistered park or garden, Grade II150 m south-east
Former Church of St LukeListed building, Grade I280 m north-east
The CharterhouseListed building, Grade I320 m south-west
Master's Lodge, the Charterhouse and Attached RailingsListed building, Grade I370 m south-west
The BarbicanRegistered park or garden, Grade II*480 m (0.3 miles) south-east
Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, ClerkenwellScheduled monument600 m (0.4 miles) west
London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastions, west and north of Monkwell SquareScheduled monument630 m (0.4 miles) south
London Wall: site of the Roman and medieval gateway of Cripple GateScheduled monument650 m (0.4 miles) south-east
Tower of LondonWorld Heritage Site2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
West DockLake or reservoir2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-east
St Katharine Docks BasinLake or reservoir2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east
Upper PoolTidal water2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east
RedriffWetland4.1 km (2.5 miles) south-east
Stave HillHill4.7 km (2.9 miles) south-east
Russia Dock WoodlandWood4.9 km (3 miles) south-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)30.04010
Fine particles (PM2.5)10.7205
Particles (PM10)17.94015

All three are within the UK legal limits; all three are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road, rail and aircraft noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailwaysAircraft
65 to 69600
60 to 64600
55 to 591100
Under 5502323

23 of the street's 23 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.

Climate, daylight and earthquakes

Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Islington: see them on the Islington page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
City of London Primary Academy, IslingtonPrimary4–1190 m Outstanding (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary2–11300 m Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Prior Weston Primary School and Children's CentrePrimary0–11330 m Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Luke's CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary3–11490 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection
Moreland Primary SchoolPrimary0–11560 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection
Hugh Myddelton Primary SchoolPrimary2–11780 m (0.5 miles) No published inspection
Central Foundation Boys' SchoolSecondary11–18800 m (0.5 miles) No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
St Alban's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection
Hanover Primary SchoolPrimary3–111 km (0.6 miles) Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
Christopher Hatton Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Workers' Educational Association16 plus16–991.1 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection
Thomas Fairchild Community SchoolPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Qumis Cafe EC1V 9AERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen40 m3 Generally satisfactory30 Jul 2025
Owlie EC1V 9AERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen40 m5 Very good30 Jun 2026
Banh Mi Ancient Saigon EC1V 9AERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen40 m3 Generally satisfactory2 Sep 2025
Malaysia Boleh EC1V 9ABTakeaway/sandwich shop50 m4 Good14 Oct 2025
Domino's Pizza EC1V 9AETakeaway/sandwich shop50 m5 Very good26 Feb 2026
Biryani Guys EC1V 9AERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen50 m5 Very good14 Mar 2025
Grid Studios EC1V 9HXRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen60 m5 Very good21 Aug 2024
City of London Primary Academy EC1Y 0AESchool/college/university60 m5 Very good24 Feb 2026
Aspen Services Ltd EC1Y 0AESchool/college/university60 m5 Very good12 Oct 2026
The Mad Hatter EC1V 9AQPub/bar/nightclub60 m5 Very good9 Jul 2025
Fare Restaurant + Bar EC1V 9HLRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen70 m5 Very good21 Mar 2025
Bap Foods Limited EC1V 9AJTakeaway/sandwich shop90 m5 Very good1 Apr 2026
SoapBox Youth Centre EC1V 9HXRetailers - other100 m5 Very good30 May 2025
Breddos EC1V 7DBRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen110 m5 Very good9 Dec 2025
The Black Olive Cafe EC1M 7ANRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen110 m4 Good13 Feb 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

546 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences99
Theft from the person89
Other theft69
Anti-social behaviour61
Drugs59
Burglary54
Public order26
Bicycle theft23
Shoplifting20
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage and arson13
Robbery12
Other crime4
Possession of weapons1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Bastwick Street (64); On or near Golden Lane (54); On or near Fann Street (47); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (38); On or near Great Sutton Street (31).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 773 residents in 247 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age2640
Children under 1510%17%
Aged 65 and over5%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)11%61%
Owned outright6%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented54%17%
Private rented34%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work44%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)12%6%
Retired (of adults)4%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)4%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)48%32%
Travel to work by car or van8%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram15%4%
By any public transport, including bus22%8%
On foot or by bicycle19%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)85%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away7%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)52%34%
No qualifications8%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification2%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)72%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all2%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Food hygiene ratings The Wrap Guys (mobile caterer, EC1Y 8JL) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 3 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Six Svn Desserts & Shakes, Delulu Desserts & Shakes, Swevy Desserts (restaurant/cafe/canteen, EC1V 7DT) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 3 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Gusto Tua - Authentic Italian (takeaway/sandwich shop, EC1V 9AY) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 3 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Barbican Express / The Wrap Guys (takeaway/sandwich shop, EC1Y 8JL) is no longer listed; it was rated Awaiting inspection found 31 October 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Gusto Tua - Authentic Italian (takeaway/sandwich shop, EC1V 9AY) is no longer listed; it was rated Awaiting inspection found 31 October 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Memel Street · Domingo Street · Memel Court · Baltic Street West · Baltic Street West · Sycamore Street · Timber Street · Honduras Street · Baltic Street West · Baltic Street East · Gee Street · Ludlow Street

All the streets in EC1V, EC1Y and across Islington.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.