Camden

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:30

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bloomsbury, United Kingdom

• 11.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 8.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3309 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Other theft613
• Shoplifting569
• Theft from the person536
• Violence & sexual offences499

75 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Fleet · City Of London

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

214 reported road collisions (2025)

66 killed or seriously injured · 222 casualties · 249.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 341 rated 4–5 ★ (265 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Chancery Lane (0.1 km)
• 124 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£726,633 average▼ 14.6% YoY

Across City of London · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

121 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 (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lincolns Inn (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres9
• Gyms48
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches73
• Playgrounds48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,585 residents in City of London · 2,975/km²

• Under 16: 7%
• 16–64: 79%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK1,622
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK1,805
• Net moves−183

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 267 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£1,330 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band E (36% of 8,060)

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

8 schools · 2,891 pupils

1 primary · 7 other

Ofsted: 1 of 1 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · City of London

111 CQC-registered services

• GP practices46
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies16
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · City of London

• In a conservation area (Chancery Lane)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 2,066 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

135 applications decided

100% granted · 135 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rachel Blake

Labour (Co-op)

Cities of London and Westminster

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Lab 7
• Oth 118

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

• Schools35
• GPs & clinics86
• Pharmacies29
• Supermarkets15
• Parks & greens283
• Restaurants & cafés1771

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

27,425 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

1.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£109,153 disposable income per head (2024)

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

65% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 9,408 certificates

4.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 6%

199 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: -1 yrs women · -1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: -1 women · -1 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in EC1N

• Mentalwell Ltd Adhd K&M
• Essex Icb Adhd Mentalwell
• Mentalwell Ltd Adhd Lsc Icb

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cities of London and Westminster:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities201 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence153 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks146 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU101 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements100 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide

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

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  Kingsway telephone exchange · 0.0 km

  Kingsway telephone exchange was a Cold War-era hardened telephone exchange underneath Chancery Lane tube station in High Holborn in London. Initially built as a deep-level air-raid shelter in the early 1940s, it was i…

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  Furnival's Inn · 0.0 km

  Furnival's Inn was an Inn of Chancery which formerly stood on the site of the present Holborn Bars building in Holborn, London, England.

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  Barnard's Inn · 0.0 km

  Barnard's Inn is a former Inn of Chancery in Holborn, London. It is now the home of Gresham College, an institution of higher learning established in 1597 that hosts public lectures.

• Mercers' School · 0.0 km

  The Mercers' School was an independent school in the City of London, England, with a history going back at least to 1542, and perhaps much further. It was operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was closed…

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  Holborn Bars · 0.0 km

  Holborn Bars, also known as the Prudential Assurance Building, is a large red terracotta Victorian building on the north side (138–142) of Holborn in Camden at the boundary of the City of London, England. The block is…

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  Royal Fusiliers War Memorial · 0.0 km

  The Royal Fusiliers War Memorial is a memorial in London, dedicated to the members of the Royal Fusiliers killed in the World Wars, Russian Civil War and subsequent conflicts, along with members of a number of London…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)