Kingsmead
Neighbourhood · 4,775 residents
64Good
Good · better than 7 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 100% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
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- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 17, where 60 is typical
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Kingsmead
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Is Kingsmead a good place to live?
Kingsmead scores 64/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (78) and schools (75).
It scores lowest on affordability (17).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Kingsmead in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Kingsmead
Kingsmead is Victorian terraces and low-rise blocks packed tightly around a big swathe of green, the kind of place where the housing stock looks modest from the street but the land it sits on doesn't. Hackney's edges are visible everywhere here — a density well above the London norm, young professionals and long-settled families sharing the same pavements, and a hum that never quite lets up.
The numbers underneath that streetscape are more mixed than the postcode's reputation suggests. This sits in the second-lowest decile nationally for deprivation and the very bottom decile for income, yet median house prices of £585,000 run close to the regional average and sales data shows terraced houses locally fetching over three times the national median — a gap between who lives here and what property costs that's worth sitting with before you commit. Against Hackney itself, homes here are actually cheaper by a few percent, but that's cold comfort when the borough is already one of the priciest in the country. The affordability grade reads D for a reason: wages and house prices are pulling in opposite directions.
Schools are the area's clearest strength — Kingsmead Primary School is rated Outstanding, and it sits alongside Daubeney Primary a rating below, so families have a genuine top-tier option without needing to gamble on catchment. Transport is the trade-off: five stops serve the area but no rail station features among them, and the connectivity grade sits only at C for transport specifically, even though broadband is strong with fibre reaching most homes. A 30-something with a flexible commute or a bike will fare better here than someone needing a fast rail line into the City.