Flats to Rent in Hackney

Renting in Hackney

Hackney is an inner north-east London borough that runs from Shoreditch and Hoxton, on the City's edge, north through Dalston, London Fields and Hackney Central to Stoke Newington, Clapton and Stamford Hill, and east to Hackney Wick and the Lea. On the ONS measure in the table above, its average rent is well above the London average. Council tax is about average: Band D is £2,060.30 in 2026/27, against a London average of £2,068 (MHCLG).

Most homes are flats: Victorian terraces split into conversions, large council estates, warehouse conversions and new blocks. The borough has almost no Tube, and runs instead on the Overground, buses and bikes.

The neighbourhoods

Shoreditch and Hoxton

The Hackney side of Shoreditch, around Old Street, Great Eastern Street, Rivington Street and Hoxton Square, is dense with offices, bars, restaurants and clubs, and busy late into the night. Hoxton, to the north, has the Museum of the Home in its eighteenth-century almshouses and Hoxton Street's market. Hoxton and Haggerston stations are on the Overground's Windrush line, and Old Street station on the southern edge has the Northern line. Rentals are mostly flats, many in converted industrial buildings or new blocks, and noise is part of the deal close to the main streets.

Dalston

Dalston centres on Kingsland High Street and Ridley Road Market, a street market for fruit, vegetables, fish, fabrics and food from around the world. The Rio Cinema is an art deco independent cinema, and Café Oto and the Vortex Jazz Club are known for live music. Dalston Junction is on the Windrush line and Dalston Kingsland on the Mildmay line, both on the Overground. Much of the rental stock is Victorian conversions and newer blocks near the stations.

London Fields, Broadway Market and Hackney Central

London Fields park has a heated outdoor lido open all year, and Broadway Market, running south from the park to the Regent's Canal, has a Saturday food market and a street of independent shops and cafés. Mare Street runs north to Hackney Central, where the Hackney Empire, a Frank Matcham theatre from 1901, and the town hall sit together. Stations are London Fields and Hackney Downs on the Weaver line and Hackney Central and Homerton on the Mildmay line. Victorian terraces dominate, split into flats or let as family houses.

Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington Church Street is a long road of independent shops, cafés and restaurants, with Clissold Park at one end and Abney Park, a Victorian garden cemetery now run as a woodland nature reserve, near the other. To the north are the East and West Reservoirs: the West Reservoir Centre offers sailing and paddle sports, and the East Reservoir is the Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve. There is no Tube; Stoke Newington and Rectory Road stations are on the Weaver line to Liverpool Street, and buses run south down Kingsland Road. Homes are mostly Victorian houses and conversions.

Clapton and Stamford Hill

Clapton, in the east, runs from Lower Clapton Road up to Springfield Park and the River Lea, with Chatsworth Road's Sunday market in Lower Clapton. Stamford Hill, to the north, is home to one of Europe's largest Haredi Jewish communities. Clapton and Stamford Hill stations are on the Weaver line. The area has Victorian terraces, estates and newer flats, and it is usually where Hackney's rents start to come down.

Hackney Wick

Hackney Wick, on the west bank of the Lee Navigation facing the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, was an industrial area of factories and warehouses; many are now studios, breweries, bars and flats, and new blocks have gone up along the canal since 2012. Hackney Wick station is on the Mildmay line, with Stratford one stop away on the Mildmay line, or a walk through the Olympic Park, for the Central, Jubilee and Elizabeth lines. Rentals are mostly newer flats and warehouse conversions.

Getting around

Hackney relies on the Overground. The Windrush line runs south from Dalston Junction through Haggerston, Hoxton and Shoreditch to Canada Water and beyond. The Mildmay line runs east to west from Hackney Wick through Hackney Central and Dalston Kingsland to Highbury and Islington and west London. The Weaver line runs from Liverpool Street through London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and Clapton. The only Tube stations are on the edges: Old Street (Northern line) and Manor House (Piccadilly line). Buses and cycling fill the gaps, and many journeys to the City are short enough to cycle. Check a specific commute on the TfL Journey Planner before you sign.

Schools

State secondaries include Mossbourne Community Academy, Stoke Newington School, Skinners' Academy, Clapton Girls' Academy, Our Lady's Convent High School (Catholic, girls), Cardinal Pole Catholic School and the City Academy, Hackney. Faith schools set their own admissions rules, and popular primaries can have small distance catchments, so read each school's admissions criteria and its latest Ofsted report before choosing a street for a school.

Parks and open space

For an inner borough, Hackney has a lot of open space. Victoria Park lies on its border with Tower Hamlets. Hackney Marshes, beside the Lea, has one of the largest groups of football pitches in the country. London Fields, Clissold Park, Springfield Park, Hackney Downs, Well Street Common and Haggerston Park serve their neighbourhoods, and the Regent's Canal and the Lea towpaths are walking and cycling routes.

Safety

Crime concentrates in the busiest nightlife areas (Shoreditch and Dalston) and around main roads and stations, and bike theft is a common problem across the borough, so secure storage is worth asking about. Quieter residential streets are usually calmer. For a specific street, the police's crime map at police.uk shows reported crime month by month.

Who it suits

Hackney suits people who work in the City, Shoreditch or the West End and want to cycle or take a short train in; people who want markets, independent shops, restaurants and nightlife nearby; and sharers who can split the rent on a larger flat. It suits people less well if they need the Tube on the doorstep, want quiet streets near the main nightlife areas, or are looking for lower rents, which the boroughs further out on the same Overground lines usually offer.

Useful links

Hackney Council: hackney.gov.uk (council tax, parking, school admissions)
Crime by street: police.uk
Journeys: tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
Hackney Empire: hackneyempire.co.uk

The listings above are homes and rooms advertised by their landlords in Hackney now. Check which Overground line each one is near: the Windrush, Mildmay and Weaver lines go to different parts of London.