My Area UK

Camden

Camden is a city in Greater London, England, with 2 schools, 12 GP surgeries, 11 pharmacies, 7 supermarkets, 190 restaurants and cafés, 67 bus stops, and Belsize Park railway station 0.5 km away. There were around 1207 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Camden area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Camden area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 210,133 residents at roughly 9,641 people per km².

Council
Camden
County
Greater London
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Police force
Metropolitan Police
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 202nd of 294 English council areas — better than 31% of them.

Low crime1
Home affordability3
Affordable rents4
Good schools95
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation42
Employment20
Low council tax91

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 26° / 17° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Camden Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

1224 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences299
  • Anti-social behaviour232
  • Shoplifting166
  • Other theft109

96 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Haverstock · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • There have been reports of drug use, drug dealing, and associated anti‑social behaviour occurring in the vicinity of Eton Road, Eton Coll…
  • This priority has been established following an increase in reports of drug use and drug dealing in the vicinity of Southfleet, Malden Ro…

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

Road safety

652 reported road collisions (2024)

97 killed or seriously injured · 723 casualties · 31 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 302 rated 4–5 ★ (212 top)
  • 44 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Belsize Park (0.5 km)
  • 67 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kentish Town West (0.9 km):

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Live buses at Steele's Road / Steele's Village:

  • 1Hampstead Heath · 23 min
  • 1Hampstead Heath · 27 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£833,067 average 7.1% YoY

Across Camden · to 2026-06

Detached£3,605,564
Semi-detached£2,125,035
Terraced£1,569,143
Flat£688,438

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£2,800 average monthly rent 0.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £2,040
  • 2 bed £2,603
  • 3 bed £3,035

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

75 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: 8 Parkhill Road (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres11
  • Gyms17
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches115
  • Playgrounds66

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 132 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,208 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,472
B £1,717
C £1,962
D £2,208
E £2,698
F £3,189
G £3,679
H £4,415

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

Schools

99 schools · 28,711 pupils

38 primary · 10 secondary · 51 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Parliament Hill SchoolOutstanding
  • Hampstead SchoolGood
  • The Camden School for GirlsGood
  • The UCL AcademyGood
  • Acland Burghley School
  • Haverstock School
  • La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School
  • Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ
  • Regent High School
  • William Ellis School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Camden

Care & health services

311 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes11
  • GP practices91
  • Dentists112
  • Homecare agencies46
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Camden

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Parkhill)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 797 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

512 applications decided

83% granted · 425 granted, 87 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Seat currently vacant.

Holborn and St Pancras

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools56
  • GPs & clinics23
  • Pharmacies24
  • Supermarkets18
  • Parks & greens140
  • Restaurants & cafés381

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

41,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

330 jobs advertised · £46,684 avg

e.g. Day-to-Day Primary Teachers - Hampstead, Cleaner, Teaching Assistant Primary School

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Imports 19% · Nuclear 10% · Wind 10%

203 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Sir Richard Steele (public house) · 0.2 km

    The Sir Richard Steele is a public house in Haverstock Hill, north London, midway between Belsize Park and Chalk Farm tube stations on the Northern line. It is named after Richard Steele (1672–1729). It has been desig…

  • St Dominic's Priory Church · 0.3 km

    St Dominic's Priory Church is one of the largest Catholic churches in London. The church is Grade II* listed building on the National Heritage List for England. It has been served by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans…

  • South Hampstead Synagogue · 0.3 km

    South Hampstead Synagogue is a synagogue of the United Synagogue in the Belsize Park area of north London. It is located on Eton Villas. The present building dates from 2019 and replaced an earlier building that was…

  • Supernova Heights · 0.4 km

    Supernova Heights is a Victorian terraced house at 8 Steele's Road in the Belsize Park area of the London Borough of Camden. The semi-detached property is most known for being the home of Oasis singer-songwriter Noel…

  • Queen's Crescent Market · 0.4 km

    Queen's Crescent Market is an outdoor street market held every Thursday and Saturday on Queen's Crescent in Kentish Town, Camden between the junction with Malden Road in the West and the junction with Grafton Road in…

  • Bespoke Tailors' Benevolent Association · 0.4 km

    The Bespoke Tailors' Benevolent Association is a charity supporting journeyman tailors no longer able to work due to blindness, illness or old age, and those tailors' spouses. As of 2022, it was run by ten trustees an…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Camden?
Camden is a town in Greater London, England, in the Camden local authority.
How deprived is Camden?
The Camden local authority, which includes Camden, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.