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Brent

Brent is a town or village in Greater London, England. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 6 supermarkets, and around 45 restaurants and cafés, with 48 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Neasden, 0.9 km away. There were around 857 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 1 town with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Brent is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 339,816 residents at roughly 7,860 people per km².

40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 226th of 294 English council areas — better than 23% of them.

Low crime31
Home affordability3
Affordable rents3
Good schools73
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation15
Employment2
Low council tax90

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 25° / 18° · 33% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:20

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

Crime

958 reported · July 2026 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences343
  • Anti-social behaviour238
  • Public order66
  • Other theft60

177 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Stonebridge · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Reduce robbery in Brent Trade Park and Wembley Trade Park.
  • Reduce antisocial behaviour in Hilltop Avenue.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

825 reported road collisions (2024)

112 killed or seriously injured · 926 casualties · 24.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 416 rated 4–5 ★ (353 top)
  • 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Neasden (0.9 km)
  • 48 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wembley Stadium (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£544,174 average 3.4% YoY

Across Brent · to 2026-06

Detached£1,305,046
Semi-detached£819,909
Terraced£690,670
Flat£380,109

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£2,012 average monthly rent 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,576
  • 2 bed £1,933
  • 3 bed £2,269

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

14.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.5 times median annual pay (14.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (5.3 km)

69 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: IKEA Wembley (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches21
  • Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

339,816 residents in Brent · 7,860/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 69%
  • 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 49 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,235 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 135,080)

A £1,490
B £1,739
C £1,987
D £2,235
E £2,732
F £3,229
G £3,725
H £4,471

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

104 schools · 50,029 pupils

60 primary · 15 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 38 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

88inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ark Elvin AcademyOutstanding
  • Wembley High Technology CollegeOutstanding
  • JFSGood
  • North Brent SchoolGood
  • Alperton Community School
  • Claremont High School
  • E-ACT Crest Academy
  • Harris Lowe Academy Willesden
  • Kingsbury High School
  • Menorah High School for Girls
  • Michaela Community School
  • Newman Catholic College
  • Queens Park Community School
  • Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
  • St Gregory's Catholic Science College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brent

Care & health services

335 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes49
  • GP practices71
  • Dentists85
  • Homecare agencies96
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Brent

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

417 applications decided

74.6% granted · 311 granted, 106 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dawn Butler

Labour

Brent East

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 26
  • Con 11
  • LD 11
  • Grn 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools17
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens34
  • Restaurants & cafés61

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

58 jobs advertised · £34,291 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Primary School Teacher, Property Preparation Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£786 median full-time weekly pay

7.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,402 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 153,986 certificates

11% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Nuclear 16% · Imports 10% · Wind 9%

241 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.2 women · 64.5 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

16 GP surgeries · 25 pharmacies in NW10

  • Park Royal Centre - Bcss Inpatient Unit
  • The Law Medical Group Practice
  • St Andrews Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brent East:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Neasden Depot · 0.4 km

    Neasden Depot is a London Underground depot located in Neasden in the London Borough of Brent, between Neasden and Wembley Park stations on the Metropolitan line. It is the largest depot on the London Underground, and…

  • Brent Park, Neasden · 0.4 km

    Brent Park is a retail area of Neasden in the London Borough of Brent, located by the A406 North Circular Road and to the south of Neasden Depot. It includes an IKEA store, along with a Tesco Extra superstore, and bou…

  • Neasden Power Station · 0.4 km

    Neasden Power Station was a coal-fired power station built by the Metropolitan Railway for its electrification project. It was opened in December 1904. It was within the site of the current London Underground Neasden…

  • St Raphael's Estate · 0.6 km

    St Raphael's Estate is a housing estate in Neasden and part of the London Borough of Brent in Northwest London, England. A community centre is located within the estate on Rainborough Close. It forms part of the NW10…

  • Neasden Hospital · 0.7 km

    Neasden Hospital was built in 1894 by Willesden District Council as an isolation hospital in Neasden.

  • Wembley Exhibition railway station · 0.7 km

    Exhibition Station (Wembley) was a railway station in Wembley Park in what is now the London Borough of Brent. It was built on a spur to connect the 1924-5 British Empire Exhibition to London Marylebone.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Brent