Crap Towns / Hackney / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hackney?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Hackney couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 80 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 80 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,107 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 119,007 | 91.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 4.7 km | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | 4.5 km | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 8.7 km | 2.8 |
| Westminster | 8.0 km | 2.8 |
| Islington | 3.3 km | 1.7 |
| Waltham Forest | 5.8 km | 1.2 |
| Camden | 6.6 km | 1.0 |
| Redbridge | 10.3 km | 0.9 |
| Haringey | 5.2 km | 0.9 |
| Hackney | – | 0.9 |
| Newham | 7.5 km | 0.7 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |