City and County of the City of London

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 18° · 75% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:21

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bloomsbury, United Kingdom

2696 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Theft from the person482
• Other theft477
• Violence & sexual offences418
• Shoplifting385

306 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bank · City Of London

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

166 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 193.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 448 rated 4–5 ★ (411 top)
• 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bank (0.3 km)
• 125 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£712,958 average▼ 20.4% YoY

Across City of London · to 2026-06

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.8 km)

76 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Bow Bells House (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres24
• Gyms64
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches74
• Playgrounds39

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 208 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

1inspected 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 practices45
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies16
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · City of London

• In a conservation area (Guildhall)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,580 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

133 applications decided

96.2% granted · 128 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools32
• GPs & clinics93
• Pharmacies18
• Supermarkets17
• Parks & greens300
• Restaurants & cafés1751

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

27,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

34% low-carbon electricity

Imports 34% · Gas 33% · Wind 19% · Nuclear 12%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership2,026 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s694 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats473 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office218 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership209 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Lawrence Lane, London · 0.0 km

  Lawrence Lane is a street in the City of London that runs from Trump Street in the south to Gresham Street in the north. Its final section in the north is pedestrianised. An alley also joins it to King Street in the n…

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  Ironmonger Lane · 0.0 km

  Ironmonger Lane is a narrow one-way street in the City of London running southbound between Gresham Street and Cheapside.

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  Trump Street · 0.0 km

  Trump Street is a street in the City of London that was originally known as Trumpadere Street, probably after the trumpet or horn makers who once worked there or in the adjacent Trump Alley. It was built after the Gre…

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  Blossom's Inn · 0.1 km

  Blossom's Inn was a tavern which stood in Lawrence Lane in the City of London from the 14th century until 1855. It became a substantial coaching inn and was used as a staging post by carriers of goods. In the 19th cen…

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  St Lawrence Jewry · 0.1 km

  St Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall is a Church of England guild church in the City of London on Gresham Street, next to the Guildhall. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and rebuilt to the designs of…

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  St Olave's Church, Old Jewry · 0.1 km

  St Olave's Church, Old Jewry, sometimes known as Upwell Old Jewry, was a church in the City of London located between the street called Old Jewry and Ironmonger Lane. Destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the…

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