Crap Towns / Islington / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Islington?
In January 2026, 1.7% of premises in Islington couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 5 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 5 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 2,073 | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 114,572 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 4.0 km | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | 6.4 km | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 8.6 km | 2.8 |
| Westminster | 5.2 km | 2.8 |
| Islington | – | 1.7 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 9.7 km | 1.6 |
| Waltham Forest | 8.5 km | 1.2 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 7.7 km | 1.1 |
| Camden | 3.3 km | 1.0 |
| Haringey | 4.7 km | 0.9 |
| Hackney | 3.3 km | 0.9 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |