Neighborhoods in London

United Kingdom · 292 neighborhoods

London is a vast city rather than a single compact centre. Central districts such as Marylebone, Bloomsbury, Aldgate and the City of London put major sights, offices and transport close together, while areas farther out feel more residential and local.

West London includes busy, well-connected boroughs such as the London Borough of Ealing and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. South and southwest London offer lively neighbourhoods such as Clapham and Battersea alongside greener, calmer places including East Twickenham and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. East and southeast London mix dense urban districts with regenerated waterfronts, town centres and quieter suburban streets.

Safety comes from researched sources about each neighborhood; walkability and transport are averages of the address reports there, or measured at the neighborhood's center where nobody has checked an address yet.

NeighborhoodSafetyWalkabilityTransportReports
Abbeville Village 8.3/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent7.6/10 Good 0
Abbots Manor Estate 7.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 0
Albury Court 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Aldersbrook 8.3/10 Excellent7.0/10 Good6.5/10 Good 0
Aldgate 6.8/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 1
Aldrington Estate 7.8/10 Good5.7/10 Fair8.6/10 Excellent 0
Anerley 7.3/10 Good9.2/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Angell Town 5.8/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Arnold Estate 7.3/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent9.6/10 Excellent 0
Barnardo Gardens Estate 6.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Barnsbury 8.3/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Barrier Point 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Barset Estate 6.4/10 Fair8.4/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Battersea 6.4/10 Fair9.2/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 1
Battersea Park Estate 7.4/10 Good9.4/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Bayswater 7.2/10 Good9.1/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 1
Beckton Parkside 7.3/10 Good5.9/10 Fair7.0/10 Good 0
Belgravia 8.9/10 Excellent9.9/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 0
Bigland Estate 6.2/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Birchfield Estate 6.4/10 Fair9.4/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 0
Bishopsgate Without 7.9/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 0
Blenheim Gardens Estate 5.9/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 2
Bloomsbury 5.9/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 1
Boardwalk Place 8.3/10 Excellent9.8/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 0
Boundary Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Bourne Estate 5.9/10 Fair9.7/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Brentham Garden Suburb 7.2/10 Good7.4/10 Good8.9/10 Excellent 1
Britannia Village 7.4/10 Good8.9/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Brixton 5.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 1
Brook Hospital Estate 7.5/10 Good6.0/10 Fair7.4/10 Good 0
Butler's Wharf 8.2/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Callis Yard 7.1/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.8/10 Excellent 0
Camberwell 6.6/10 Good9.4/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Canary Wharf 8.6/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 0
Cann Hall 6.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Canning Town 6.5/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 0
Canonbury 8.3/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Carey Gardens 7.1/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Carrol & Sanderson Close Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Chalk Farm 7.3/10 Good9.5/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 0
Chapel End 5.9/10 Fair7.1/10 Good8.2/10 Excellent 1
Charlton 7.3/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Charlton Riverside 6.4/10 Fair6.8/10 Good7.9/10 Good 0
Chelsea Waterfront 8.4/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Cherry Orchard Estate 7.4/10 Good9.0/10 Excellent7.4/10 Good 0
Chinatown 7.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Chinbrook Estate 7.3/10 Good7.9/10 Good8.1/10 Excellent 0
Chingford Hatch 7.9/10 Good9.0/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Chingford Mount 7.3/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Chobham Manor 7.8/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent7.7/10 Good 0
Church End 8.2/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Churchill Gardens Estate 7.4/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 0
City of London 6.8/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.9/10 Excellent 1
Clapham 6.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 1
Clapham Junction 7.3/10 Good9.2/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Clapham Park 6.7/10 Good8.3/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Clarence Way Estate 7.3/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 0
Clayhall 7.8/10 Good4.7/10 Poor7.4/10 Good 0
Clerkenwell Green 8.4/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Cluse Court 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent7.6/10 Good 0
Colville Estate 6.7/10 Good9.5/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Crofton Park 6.7/10 Good8.8/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 1
Crystal Palace 6.4/10 Fair9.8/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 1
Cumming Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
Deals Gateway 7.3/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.2/10 Excellent 0
Deptford 6.7/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Devonshire Square Estate 7.5/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Dickens Estate 7.3/10 Good9.5/10 Excellent8.1/10 Excellent 0
Doddington and Rollo Estate 6.4/10 Fair9.8/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Downham 7.3/10 Good6.8/10 Good8.1/10 Excellent 0
Dulwich 8.3/10 Excellent4.5/10 Poor8.5/10 Excellent 0
Dulwich Village 8.9/10 Excellent9.6/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
East Dulwich 7.8/10 Good6.8/10 Good8.1/10 Excellent 0
East Greenwich 7.8/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
East Smithfield 7.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 0
East Twickenham 7.7/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 1
East Village 7.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Elm Village 7.4/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Ethelburga 7.7/10 Good9.0/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Ethelred Estate 6.7/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
Evelyn Estate 6.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.1/10 Excellent 0
Evergreen Walk 7.4/10 Good8.1/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Fallow Corner 5.9/10 Fair7.2/10 Good7.3/10 Good 1
Finchley 8.3/10 Excellent5.1/10 Fair7.8/10 Good 0
Finsbury 7.8/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
Fitzrovia 5.9/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 1
Flintmill Crescent Estate 7.2/10 Good3.2/10 Very poor6.4/10 Fair 0
Forest Hill 7.4/10 Good7.3/10 Good8.9/10 Excellent 0
Friday Hill 7.4/10 Good7.3/10 Good8.0/10 Excellent 0
Friern Barnet 8.1/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Gants Hill 7.3/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Golders Green Estate 6.4/10 Fair6.2/10 Fair8.7/10 Excellent 1
Goodmans Fields 7.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Gospel Oak 6.9/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Gray's Inn 8.2/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
Greater London 5.9/10 Fair8.2/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 3
Grosvenor Waterside 8.5/10 Excellent9.8/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 0
Grove Park Estate 7.4/10 Good7.4/10 Good8.2/10 Excellent 0
Hale End 8.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Ham 8.7/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent7.2/10 Good 0
Hampton Hill 7.2/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Hanworth 6.7/10 Good7.1/10 Good7.8/10 Good 0
Harlesden 4.9/10 Poor9.4/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 1
Hatton Garden 7.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Heron Wharf 7.1/10 Good9.4/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Higham Hill 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent7.9/10 Good 0
Highams Park 8.2/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent8.1/10 Excellent 0
Honor Oak Estate 7.3/10 Good7.4/10 Good8.6/10 Excellent 0
Hoxton 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Hughesfield Estate 6.6/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Inner and Middle Temples 8.4/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 0
Islington 7.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
John Aird Court 5.9/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent9.6/10 Excellent 0
Kennington Cross 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Kensal Town 6.9/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent7.9/10 Good 0
Kentish Town 5.9/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 0
Keybridge 7.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 0
Kidbrooke 5.9/10 Fair6.8/10 Good7.8/10 Good 1
Kidbrooke Village 7.8/10 Good8.9/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Kiln Place Estate 7.3/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
King's Cross 5.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 1
Ladywell 7.4/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Lambeth 6.8/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent9.9/10 Excellent 0
Leadenhall Market 7.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.6/10 Excellent 0
Leyton 5.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 1
Leytonstone 7.2/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
Limehouse 7.3/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Lisson Green Estate 6.5/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Little Italy 7.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
London Borough of Bromley 7.2/10 Good8.8/10 Excellent7.6/10 Good 1
London Borough of Camden 5.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 1
London Borough of Ealing 6.4/10 Fair8.7/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 3
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 5.9/10 Fair9.5/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 3
London Borough of Lambeth 5.4/10 Fair7.9/10 Good8.4/10 Excellent 1
London Borough of Lewisham 5.4/10 Fair9.7/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 3
London Borough of Merton 7.2/10 Good4.3/10 Poor9.1/10 Excellent 2
London Borough of Newham 5.4/10 Fair9.7/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 1
London Borough of Redbridge 6.4/10 Fair7.8/10 Good8.3/10 Excellent 2
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 7.7/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 1
London Borough of Tower Hamlets 5.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 3
London Borough of Waltham Forest 5.9/10 Fair9.3/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 1
London Borough of Wandsworth 6.4/10 Fair9.5/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 2
Loughborough Junction 6.4/10 Fair9.8/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Lower Feltham 6.2/10 Fair1.4/10 Very poor5.0/10 Fair 1
Maiden Lane Community 6.4/10 Fair8.7/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Maitland Park 7.4/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Manor Park 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Markwell Close Estate 6.6/10 Good9.4/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Marylebone 7.8/10 Good8.4/10 Excellent7.8/10 Good 3
Mayfair 7.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Meridian Water 6.4/10 Fair6.5/10 Good7.1/10 Good 0
Merryweather Place 7.3/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Merton Park 8.5/10 Excellent5.7/10 Fair9.1/10 Excellent 0
Millbank 7.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 1
Millbank Estate 8.0/10 Excellent9.9/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 0
Millennium Quay 8.2/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Monkhams 8.4/10 Excellent7.1/10 Good7.0/10 Good 0
Moorgate 8.4/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 0
Morden College 8.3/10 Excellent5.9/10 Fair6.4/10 Fair 0
Morgan's Walk 8.4/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
New Beckenham 8.3/10 Excellent1.7/10 Very poor9.4/10 Excellent 0
New Cross 6.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
New Garden Quarter 7.3/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
New Harmood Estate 7.3/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 0
New Malden 7.2/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 1
Newbury Park 7.3/10 Good6.5/10 Good9.1/10 Excellent 0
Newling North Estate 6.6/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Nine Elms 8.0/10 Excellent9.8/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Nine Elms Park 6.4/10 Fair9.8/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 1
Norbiton 6.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 1
North Finchley 7.7/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Nunhead 7.3/10 Good6.0/10 Fair7.2/10 Good 0
Ocean Estate 6.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Oval 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
Packington Estate 5.9/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent7.8/10 Good 1
Paddington 6.8/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Papermill Place 6.7/10 Good9.4/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Paragon Place 8.3/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Peabody Estate 7.9/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Penge 7.1/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 0
Pentonville 5.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 1
Pepys Estate 4.9/10 Poor8.5/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 1
Perry Vale 6.4/10 Fair6.5/10 Good8.1/10 Excellent 1
Petersham 9.1/10 Excellent3.2/10 Very poor6.7/10 Good 0
Pitfield Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Plaistow 6.4/10 Fair8.6/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Plashet 6.5/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Plumstead 6.2/10 Fair7.7/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent 0
Pond Road Estate 7.4/10 Good7.5/10 Good6.9/10 Good 0
Popham Road Estate 6.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Popham Street Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Poplar 6.4/10 Fair9.7/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Quay 430 8.2/10 Excellent9.8/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Raynes Park 8.4/10 Excellent7.7/10 Good8.0/10 Excellent 0
Redbridge 7.3/10 Good8.4/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Regents Park Estate 7.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Riverlight 8.4/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent9.6/10 Excellent 0
Roupell Park Estate 6.2/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Royal Arsenal Riverside 7.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Royal Herbert Pavilions 8.4/10 Excellent5.0/10 Fair8.1/10 Excellent 0
Royal Wharf 6.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 1
Ryculff Square 8.1/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent8.1/10 Excellent 0
Saint Giles 6.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 1
Saint Luke's 5.9/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent7.1/10 Good 1
Saint Matthias Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
Sansom and Acacia Estate 6.9/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Seager Place 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Selhurst 4.9/10 Poor8.6/10 Excellent8.1/10 Excellent 1
Seven Dials 7.7/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Shadwell 6.5/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Shepherd Market Estate 7.6/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Shepherd's Bush 5.4/10 Fair9.6/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 1
Shooters Hill 8.3/10 Excellent6.7/10 Good8.0/10 Excellent 0
Shoreditch 6.8/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Shortlands 8.7/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Silvertown 7.1/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.3/10 Excellent 0
Soho 6.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 1
Somers Town 5.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
South End Green 6.9/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 1
South Woodford 8.3/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Southend 7.3/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Spa Green 7.8/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
St Clement Danes 7.5/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
St Giles 7.1/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 0
St John's Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
St Margarets 8.9/10 Excellent9.8/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
St Mary's Path Estate 7.6/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
St Matthew's Estate 6.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
St Olave's Estate 7.6/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent 0
St Pancras 6.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
St. James's 7.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 1
St. John's Wood 7.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
Steele's Village 8.3/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 0
Stepney 6.6/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Stockwell 6.9/10 Good9.4/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Strand-on-the-Green 7.7/10 Good8.4/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 1
Stratford New Town 6.4/10 Fair9.8/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Strawberry Hill 8.8/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Streatham Hill 6.7/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Streatham Park 7.8/10 Good7.5/10 Good7.3/10 Good 0
Sundridge 8.3/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Surrey Lane Estate 6.7/10 Good9.2/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Swiss Cottage 8.3/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Sydenham Hill Estate 7.3/10 Good8.2/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Tachbrook Estate 7.6/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 1
Tanners Hill Estate 6.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
Tappesfield Estate 7.4/10 Good6.1/10 Fair8.0/10 Excellent 0
Telegraph Hill 7.7/10 Good8.2/10 Excellent8.0/10 Excellent 0
The Academy 8.2/10 Excellent4.2/10 Poor7.7/10 Good 0
The Beveree 7.2/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
The Keep 8.3/10 Excellent6.3/10 Fair6.0/10 Fair 0
Torridge Gardens Estate 6.6/10 Good7.1/10 Good8.1/10 Excellent 0
Treaty Street / Tiber Gardens 6.9/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Tulse Hill 6.5/10 Good9.3/10 Excellent8.2/10 Excellent 0
Upper Tooting 7.3/10 Good9.0/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Upton 6.4/10 Fair9.3/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Upton Gardens 6.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Vanbrugh Park Estate 8.3/10 Excellent6.5/10 Good8.5/10 Excellent 0
Vanguard Street Estate 6.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.5/10 Excellent 0
Vauxhall 5.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 1
Victoria 7.4/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Walthamstow Village 7.9/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent8.1/10 Excellent 0
Wandsworth 6.4/10 Fair9.9/10 Excellent7.9/10 Good 1
Wanstead 8.1/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Wards Wharf Approach 7.9/10 Good8.2/10 Excellent8.2/10 Excellent 0
Waterfront Mews 8.2/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent8.1/10 Excellent 0
Waterloo 7.5/10 Good9.7/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent 0
Waterside Park 7.3/10 Good9.1/10 Excellent8.2/10 Excellent 0
Weedington Road Estate 6.4/10 Fair10.0/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Well Hall 6.4/10 Fair5.9/10 Fair7.1/10 Good 1
West Finchley 8.4/10 Excellent6.3/10 Fair7.3/10 Good 0
West Ham 6.5/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
West Kentish Town Estate 6.7/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.3/10 Excellent 0
Wharf Road 7.5/10 Good9.6/10 Excellent7.8/10 Good 0
Wharncliffe Gardens Estate 6.7/10 Good9.9/10 Excellent9.2/10 Excellent 0
Whipps Cross 7.3/10 Good8.9/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Whitechapel 4.9/10 Poor10.0/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 1
Whitton 8.3/10 Excellent9.4/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
William Blake Estate 6.9/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.7/10 Excellent 0
Windmill Green Estate 7.4/10 Good6.5/10 Good7.5/10 Good 0
Windsor Terrace Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent9.1/10 Excellent 0
Wood Street 7.3/10 Good9.8/10 Excellent8.8/10 Excellent 0
Wood Wharf 8.9/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent8.4/10 Excellent 0
Woodford 8.2/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent8.7/10 Excellent 0
Woodford Bridge 8.3/10 Excellent9.5/10 Excellent7.6/10 Good 0
Woodford Green 8.7/10 Excellent6.4/10 Fair8.3/10 Excellent 0
Woodford Wells 8.2/10 Excellent2.0/10 Very poor7.5/10 Good 0
Woodside Park 8.4/10 Excellent5.3/10 Fair7.8/10 Good 0
Woolwich Dockyard 6.4/10 Fair9.5/10 Excellent9.0/10 Excellent 0
World's End 8.0/10 Excellent10.0/10 Excellent8.6/10 Excellent 0
World's End Estate 7.3/10 Good10.0/10 Excellent8.9/10 Excellent 0
Worton 7.8/10 Good0.5/10 Very poor8.1/10 Excellent 0

Where to stay in London

Questions about staying in London

Where should I stay in London for the first time?

Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Bayswater are strong first choices because they are central, easy on foot and well connected to major attractions. Expect busy streets and considerable noise, especially around transport corridors.

Which areas of London are safest for visitors?

Marylebone is one of the safest listed areas, particularly during the day and evening. East Twickenham and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames also have very good daytime safety and a calmer residential character.

Where should I stay in London without a car?

Bloomsbury, the London Borough of Camden, the London Borough of Ealing and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham all have excellent public transport. Central areas are generally easiest on foot, while the outer boroughs spread out more.

Where is the nightlife in London?

Brixton, Clapham, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Aldgate and King's Cross are very lively at night. They are also noisy, so they are a poor match for light sleepers.

Where can I stay for parks and a quieter atmosphere?

Brentham Garden Suburb, East Twickenham and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames offer the calmest setting among these choices. The London Borough of Merton is another good option for families and nature lovers, though it is less convenient on foot in places.