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8,799,710 people · median £531,164

68/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£531k
median price
11.6
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£531k
median sold price
12.7 yrs
of local pay to buy
589
rail stations mapped
30
grammar schools
3,205
schools total
11.6
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
18.2
NO₂ · WHO 10
14.2%
in a flood zone
26,931
green spaces
8.3
PM2.5 · WHO 5
26,573
eat & drink
6,804
shops
83.3%
gigabit
1,929
gyms & leisure
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£384k£438k£492k£546k20152026£505,000
£400,000 in 2015 → £505,000 in 2026 · 64,820 sales in 12 months
Below this county: London is an aggregation of its districts — every figure above sums or population-weights them. Click any district in the tables for its own full report.

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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-05
Affordability2025
Crime2026-07
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This county

A typical home here sells for £531,164. That's about 12.7× local earnings.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 27,246 sales
£265k£338k£411k£485k£558k201120182026 YTD2014 +13%−5%£505,000
Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£531,164
Full history since 1995
£18k£160k£302k£443k£585k199520102026 YTD1999 +22%−5%£505,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay12.7×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss18%

Of the homes here that sold again within five years, 18% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. In line with England (18%).

By property type
Detached houses4.9%
Semi-detached houses1.4%
Terraced houses6.1%
Flats18.1%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new30.4%
Bought second-hand14.8%
Overall
Typical resale gain+20.7% · ~8.9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (105,600 resale pairs) · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

£5,360 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by district 33 districts — the county, broken down

DistrictMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Barking and Dagenham£380,000
Barnet£550,000
Bexley£420,000
Brent£520,000
Bromley£505,000
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

How safe is it? This county

Crime runs at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

74,01180,61887,22693,833Aug 2025Jul 202691,915
Monthly recorded crimes across the whole county
Per 1,000 / month11.6
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months county

Violence and sexual offences
255,562
Anti-social behaviour
212,442
Other theft
87,055
Shoplifting
79,654
Vehicle crime
76,463
Public order
54,814
Recorded crimes by category across the whole county, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

Who lives here? This county

Population8,799,710

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

3205 schools in the county.

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Schools by district

This county has 3,205 schools across its districts. Open any district below for its full school list, Ofsted ratings and catchments.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

At a glance

Here
Life expectancy — men80.6 yrs
Life expectancy — women85 yrs
OHID Fingertips
1,438
GP surgeries
NHS ODS
1,223
dentists
NHS ODS

Getting around This county

EV charging955 points

Per 10,000 residents1.1
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment This county

Air quality

NO₂
18.2
— WHO guide
10
PM2.5
8.3
— WHO guide
5
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
A population-weighted county average across London’s districts — air quality varies locally. See the per-district ranking.

Ground checks

Flood zone14.2% of postcodes
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings19,383
Conservation areas1,093
Green spaces26,931
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

CategoryCountNote
Eat & drink26,573
Shops6,804supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds1,929
Green spaces & parks26,931filled areas on the map
OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit
83.3%
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

CountTrend, 12 months
Companies registered here3,095,565
Companies House
Sources & dates: every figure carries its own source line with the data vintage; the full table is in Overview → "All figures, sources and dates".

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