Crap Towns / Hackney / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Hackney?
In 2025-26, 11% of Hackney council's A roads and 19% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across England the figures were 4% and 16%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 8% and 20%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 8% | 10% | 20% |
| 2016-17 | 7% | 8% | 21% |
| 2017-18 | 7% | 10% | – |
| 2018-19 | 6% | 7% | – |
| 2019-20 | 35% | 10% | – |
| 2020-21 | – | – | – |
| 2021-22 | – | – | – |
| 2022-23 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 2023-24 | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| 2024-25 | 11% | – | 19% |
| 2025-26 | 11% | – | 19% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge | 9% | 21% | 49% |
| Haringey | 6% | 27% | 28% |
| City of London | 7% | 56% | 20% |
| Hackney | 11% | – | 19% |
| Camden | 9% | – | 18% |
| Waltham Forest | 7% | 29% | 18% |
| Newham | 12% | 9% | 16% |
| Tower Hamlets | 8% | 12% | 11% |
| Southwark | 9% | 10% | 6% |
| Westminster | 6% | 12% | 5% |
| Islington | 10% | – | 3% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |