Barnet

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 8.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

491 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour138
• Violence & sexual offences138
• Public order34
• Shoplifting34

Neighbourhood team: Burnt Oak · Metropolitan

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

782 reported road collisions (2025)

117 killed or seriously injured · 904 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 392 rated 4–5 ★ (287 top)
• 30 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Mill Hill Broadway (0.8 km)
• 54 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£592,892 average▼ 4.4% YoY

Across Barnet · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,949 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,500
• 2 bed £1,858
• 3 bed £2,256

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

14.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.9 times median annual pay (13.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,957 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: hub_l001801_cs_10 (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches36
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

389,341 residents in Barnet · 4,489/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK34,227
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK36,004
• Net moves−1,777

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 129 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,133 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 160,460)

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

170 schools · 66,369 pupils

88 primary · 24 secondary · 58 other

Ofsted: 56 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Barnet

455 CQC-registered services

• Care homes80
• GP practices79
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies100
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Barnet

• In a conservation area (The Watling Estate)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

581 applications decided

72.6% granted · 422 granted, 159 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

David Pinto-Duschinsky

Labour

Hendon

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 31
• Con 31
• Grn 1

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

• Schools24
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés64

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

27,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

459 jobs advertised · £41,175 avg

e.g. Veterinary Surgeon, Roadside Technician, Roofing Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£905 median full-time weekly pay

5.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,184 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 192,137 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 7%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.7 women · 62.7 men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

18 GP surgeries · 17 pharmacies in HA8

• Watling Medical Centre
• Parkview Surgery
• Penshurst Gardens Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hendon:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,639 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities187 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND169 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions140 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after97 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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  Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve · 0.3 km

  Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve is a 2.3-hectare (5.7-acre) Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet.

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  Burnt Oak Brook · 0.3 km

  Burnt Oak Brook is a one-mile-long stream between Mill Hill and Burnt Oak in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a tributary of the Silk Stream, which is a tributary of the River Brent, which is a tributary of the Riv…

• Watling Park · 0.4 km

  Watling Park is a public park in Burnt Oak in the London Borough of Barnet. It is one of Barnet's sixteen premier parks.

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  John Keble Church, Mill Hill · 0.4 km

  The John Keble Church is a Church of England parish church in Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet. The church was completed in 1936 and is of a modernist design. It is the only church dedicated to John Keble, one of t…

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  Deans Brook · 0.7 km

  Deans Brook is a two-kilometre-long stream which runs between Mill Hill and Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a tributary of the Silk Stream, which is a tributary of the River Brent, which is a tributary…

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  Mill Hill (The Hale) railway station · 0.8 km

  Mill Hill (The Hale) was a station in Mill Hill in north London. It was on the now-removed railway between Mill Hill East station and Edgware railway station, near the junction of Bunns Lane and Lyndhurst Avenue.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)