Brent

10°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:29

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 8.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

552 reported · August 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences176
• Anti-social behaviour126
• Other theft44
• Shoplifting42

Neighbourhood team: Wembley Central · Metropolitan

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

737 reported road collisions (2025)

101 killed or seriously injured · 818 casualties · 21.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 373 rated 4–5 ★ (301 top)
• 44 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Wembley Central (0.4 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£555,687 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Brent · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,014 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,577
• 2 bed £1,934
• 3 bed £2,271

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

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

1,680 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 (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)

36 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: 2 Napier Road (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches51
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK35,114
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK44,191
• Net moves−9,077

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 22 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,235 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

104 schools · 50,029 pupils

60 primary · 15 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 39 of 42 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brent

332 CQC-registered services

• Care homes47
• GP practices70
• Dentists85
• Homecare agencies95
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Brent

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

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

454 applications decided

77.3% granted · 351 granted, 103 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Barry Gardiner

Labour

Brent West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 26
• Con 11
• LD 11
• Grn 9

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

• Schools19
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies10
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés98

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

50 jobs advertised · £50,600 avg

e.g. SEN Teaching Assistant, Mobile Vehicle Technician, Lettings Officer

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 6%

169 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

19 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in HA0

• Premier Medical Centre
• Sudbury & Alperton Medical Centre
• Stanley Corner Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brent West:

• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities627 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND105 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials104 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements77 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Honour maintenance loans and childcare grants for existing weekend students 54 local signatures · 3,968 nationwide

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

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  Wembley · 0.3 km

  Wembley is a district in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It includes the wards of Alperton, Barn Hill, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton an…

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  North Wembley · 0.4 km

  North Wembley is a locality in Wembley in the north-west of London, England. It is located in the London Borough of Brent, close to the London Borough of Harrow boundary. It is mostly made up of the 1930s Sudbury Cour…

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  Wembley Central station · 0.4 km

  Wembley Central is an interchange station in Wembley, north-west London. It is situated on the east-west High Road and is near to both Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena. The station, which is in London fare zone 4, pr…

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  Wembley Central Mosque · 0.4 km

  The Wembley Central Mosque is a mosque in the London Borough of Brent. The principal mosque in North West London, it is located on Ealing Road, Wembley, and serves the United Kingdom’s fifth largest Muslim community,…

• Wembley Central (ward) · 0.4 km

  Wembley Central is an electoral ward of the London Borough of Brent. The ward was first used in the 1968 elections. It returns three councillors to Brent London Borough Council.

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  Wembley Central rail crash · 0.7 km

  The Wembley Central rail crash was a fatal railway accident that occurred on 11 October 1984 just outside Wembley Central railway station, Greater London.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)