Camden

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Camden Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 9.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 7.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1304 reported · August 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences283
• Anti-social behaviour270
• Shoplifting173
• Other theft117

Neighbourhood team: Haverstock · Metropolitan

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

675 reported road collisions (2025)

108 killed or seriously injured · 721 casualties · 32.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 291 rated 4–5 ★ (181 top)
• 39 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Chalk Farm (0.1 km)
• 63 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£798,486 average▼ 10.6% YoY

Across Camden · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,819 average monthly rent▲ 1% YoY

• 1 bed £2,054
• 2 bed £2,621
• 3 bed £3,055

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

14.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.4 times median annual pay (13.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,611 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.1 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Adelaide Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres11
• Gyms15
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches132
• Playgrounds76

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

210,133 residents in Camden · 9,641/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 73%
• 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK26,688
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK32,333
• Net moves−5,645

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 83 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,208 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 113,890)

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

99 schools · 28,711 pupils

38 primary · 10 secondary · 51 other

Ofsted: 24 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Camden

310 CQC-registered services

• Care homes11
• GP practices90
• Dentists112
• Homecare agencies47
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Camden

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

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

486 applications decided

91.8% granted · 446 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sagal Abdi-Wali

Labour

Holborn and St Pancras

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 3
• LD 10
• Grn 10
• Oth 1

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

• Schools47
• GPs & clinics22
• Pharmacies27
• Supermarkets15
• Parks & greens162
• Restaurants & cafés416

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

42,310 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

374 jobs advertised · £44,369 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Multi Trader, Cover Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£1,032 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£72,346 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 135,986 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 6%

209 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.4 women · 59.8 men

49% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

12 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in NW3

• Park End Surgery
• Hampstead Group Practice
• Adelaide Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Holborn and St Pancras:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks294 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND139 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements119 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data100 local signatures · 13,457 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence88 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Primrose Hill railway station · 0.1 km

  Primrose Hill was a railway station in Chalk Farm, in the London Borough of Camden, opened by the North London Railway as Hampstead Road in 1855. It was named Chalk Farm from 1862 until 1950, when it was given its fin…

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  Chalk Farm tube station · 0.1 km

  Chalk Farm is a London Underground station near Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Belsize Park and Camden Town stations. For ticketing purposes, the…

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  Haverstock School · 0.2 km

  Haverstock School, is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located on Haverstock Hill in Haverstock, London, England. It is opposite Chalk Farm Underground station, and bounded by Prince of Wa…

• Camden Carriage Servicing Depot · 0.2 km

  Camden Carriage Servicing Depot is a stabling point located in Camden, Greater London, England. The depot is near what used to be Camden Road station, but it closed down in 1916.

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  Chalk Farm · 0.2 km

  Chalk Farm is an urban district lying immediately north of Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden.

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  St Saviour's Church, Hampstead · 0.2 km

  St Saviour's Church is an Anglican church in Chalk Farm. It occupies a Grade II listed building designed by Edward Middleton Barry in a Gothic Revival style.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)