City of Westminster

19°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Westminster, United Kingdom

2726 reported · July 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences535
• Other theft497
• Anti-social behaviour477
• Theft from the person455

351 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St James's · Metropolitan

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

652 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 397 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
• 27 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: St. James's Park (0.2 km)
• 111 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£833,067 average▼ 7.1% YoY

Across Camden · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)

75 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: 5 Spenser Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres14
• Gyms17
• Sports pitches79
• Playgrounds27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,208 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Camden

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,700 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

512 applications decided

83% granted · 425 granted, 87 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rachel Blake

Labour (Co-op)

Cities of London and Westminster

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools38
• GPs & clinics15
• Pharmacies26
• Supermarkets16
• Parks & greens178
• Restaurants & cafés923

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

41,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

64% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Imports 23% · Nuclear 14% · Gas 13%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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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