Which has the lower district median?
Finsbury Park: £567,500. Highgate: £730,000.
Finsbury Park is lower in this 24-month sample.
Finsbury Park (N4) or Highgate (N6): an area comparison
Finsbury Park has the lower recorded-sale median by £162,500. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.
The short answer
Which has the broader school register?
Finsbury Park: 12. Highgate: 4 open establishments.
This is the size of each district's registered school base.
How does everyday access compare?
Bus nodes: N4 82, N6 63. mapped green-space sites: N4 47, N6 28.
These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.
The broad price gap is £162,500 across the 24-month samples. That gives Finsbury Park the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.
Finsbury Park has 12 registered schools, 47 mapped green-space sites and 82 bus nodes. Highgate has 4, 28 and 63 respectively.
District prices
N4 recorded 1,064 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £567,500. The £678,947 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.
N6 recorded 408 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £730,000. The £1,235,685 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.
N4
- Median recorded sale
- £567,500
- Average recorded sale
- £678,947
- Recorded sales
- 1,064 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted
Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.
N6
- Median recorded sale
- £730,000
- Average recorded sale
- £1,235,685
- Recorded sales
- 408 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted
Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.
Crime and serious-crime share
Police.uk records 9,608 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,875, or 29.9% of the total.
Police.uk records 1,820 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 519, or 28.5% of the total.
N4
- Reported crime, 12 months
- 9,608
- Selected report-category share
- 2,875 (29.9%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.
N6
- Reported crime, 12 months
- 1,820
- Selected report-category share
- 519 (28.5%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.
Local-area deprivation context
IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. N4 has a median of 3.0. 51.6% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 0.0% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.
IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. N6 has a median of 7.0. 29.0% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 27.1% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.
N4
- Median IMD decile
- 3.0 / 10
- Postcode units in deciles 1–3
- 51.6%
- Postcode units in deciles 8–10
- 0.0%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.
N6
- Median IMD decile
- 7.0 / 10
- Postcode units in deciles 1–3
- 29.0%
- Postcode units in deciles 8–10
- 27.1%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.
Schools
The register lists 12 open establishments in N4. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.
The register lists 4 open establishments in N6. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.
N4
- Registered school sites
- 12 (Nursery: 1, Primary: 9, Secondary: 2)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.
N6
- Registered school sites
- 4 (Primary: 3, Secondary: 1)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.
Green space and outdoor sport
OS maps 47 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 58.86 hectares, including 4 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.
OS maps 28 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 48.76 hectares, including 3 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.
N4
- Mapped OS green-space sites
- 47
- Mapped site area
- 58.86 ha
- Public parks or gardens
- 4
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.
N6
- Mapped OS green-space sites
- 28
- Mapped site area
- 48.76 ha
- Public parks or gardens
- 3
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.
Flood context
The source covers 852 postcode units. 238 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 201 have medium-risk surroundings.
The source covers 491 postcode units. 59 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 55 have medium-risk surroundings.
N4
- Postcode units in source
- 852
- Units with high-risk surroundings
- 238
- Units with medium-risk surroundings
- 201
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.
N6
- Postcode units in source
- 491
- Units with high-risk surroundings
- 59
- Units with medium-risk surroundings
- 55
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.
Air quality
The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 20.2 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.
The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 17.8 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.
N4
- Median annual mean NO₂
- 20.2 µg/m³
- Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
- 100.0%
- Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
- 0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.
N6
- Median annual mean NO₂
- 17.8 µg/m³
- Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
- 100.0%
- Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
- 0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.
Transport access nodes
NaPTAN contains 82 active bus nodes and 28 rail, metro or tram nodes across N4. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.
NaPTAN contains 63 active bus nodes and 5 rail, metro or tram nodes across N6. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.
N4
- Active bus access nodes
- 82
- Active rail, metro or tram nodes
- 28
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.
N6
- Active bus access nodes
- 63
- Active rail, metro or tram nodes
- 5
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.
Broadband availability
The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.
The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.
N4
- Median maximum advertised download
- 1,000 Mbit/s
- Median full-fibre availability
- 100.0%
- Median gigabit availability
- 100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. median across postcode units.
N6
- Median maximum advertised download
- 1,000 Mbit/s
- Median full-fibre availability
- 100.0%
- Median gigabit availability
- 100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. median across postcode units.
Road safety
DfT records 480 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 70 serious and 408 slight.
DfT records 142 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 18 serious and 124 slight.
N4
- Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
- 480
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 70
- Slight
- 408
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.
N6
- Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
- 142
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 18
- Slight
- 124
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted
Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.
Sources and method
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
- MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
- DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
- OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
- Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
- DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
- NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
- Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
- DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
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