The latest 2026 London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard has been published showing progress since a year ago, and Hackney has some positives and some negatives.

Overall Hackney is doing well in second place, but if it delivers more protected cycle tracks, enforced School Streets and LTNs, next year it may beat Islington to be top Inner London Borough!

The Healthy Streets Scorecard shows how well London Boroughs are doing at putting in place measures to dramatically improve air quality and road safety, boost active lifestyles and reduce carbon emissions. These measure are  called ‘input’ indicators. The input indicators identify how much progress boroughs have made implementing 20mph, LTNs, controlled parking, protected cycle track, provision for schools and bus priority.

The Scorecard also sets out data to show the health of each borough’s streets – what they call ‘outcome’ indicators. The outcome indicators compare "modeshare" (the proportion of journeys taken by different travel methods), active travel rates, casualties and vehicle ownership, so borough officials and residents can assess success in getting people out of cars and onto public transport, walking and cycling.

By combining the scores for the ten indicators the Scorecard gives each borough a final Healthy Streets score. The following map shows all the boroughs colour-coded according to their score:

How is Hackney doing this year?

Hackney remains one of London’s leading Healthy Streets boroughs, holding 3rd place overall despite its final Healthy Streets Scorecard score slipping slightly from 7.51 in 2025 to 7.46 out of 10 in 2026. The borough’s strong baseline means small falls in some indicators should be read alongside continued high performance across the Scorecard.



Bus priority increased from 51.3% to 54.1%, with new bus lanes and bus gates on Amhurst Road and Mare Street, and Hackney remains the strongest inner borough in London on this indicator. LTN coverage rose from 69.4% to 72.2%, helped by the new bus gate on Amhurst Road in Hackney Central and the identification of some historic low-traffic areas. The borough has also maintained complete coverage for both 20mph roads and Controlled Parking Zones.

Outcome indicators remain strong too. Sustainable modeshare is still above 85%, more than a quarter of adults cycle regularly, and more than 70% of households are car-free. There are still areas to watch: protected cycle track coverage remains modest for a leading Inner London borough, and School Street numbers fell because of school closures, although coverage remains high at 47.5%.

Worth noting on School Streets that all 49 in Hackney are being counted, despite the fact that the majority are not regularly enforced with ANPR but rely on "mobile ANPR" which means a car mounted with a camera that can move round the borough. By our counting we believe 57% of Hackney's School Streets have no ANPR (so realistically, no enforcement other than occasional mobile enforcement vehicle). Our view is that Hackney School Streets should only be included if they are enforced by bollards or ANPR. If this were the case the School Street measure for Hackney would be very significantly worse than the Scorecard shows.

Overall, Hackney remains a top-tier borough, with continued progress on LTNs and bus priority, but still a lot of room to strengthen protected cycling infrastructure and enforced School Streets. Hackney needs to deliver faster relative to other leading boroughs to avoid a further drop in its overall score.

The message to the current administration is clear: speed up delivery to make Hackney streets safer and make a real difference to residents.

See the full Hackney Healthy Streets Scorecard here.