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Enfield

Enfield is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has around 2 schools, 5 GPs & clinics, 5 pharmacies, 7 supermarkets, around 65 restaurants and cafés, 58 bus stops, and Bush Hill Park railway station is 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £462,818. There were around 412 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 Enfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Enfield area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 329,984 residents at roughly 4,082 people per km².

Council
Enfield
County
Greater London
Constituency
Edmonton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 193rd of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.

Low crime34
Home affordability12
Affordable rents8
Good schools95
Life expectancy64
Low deprivation19
Employment2
Low council tax87

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

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

386 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences112
  • Anti-social behaviour92
  • Shoplifting37
  • Vehicle crime34

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Town · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • To reduce ASB in and around Palace gardens and the car parks.
  • To reduce incidents of theft in priority store locations.

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

Road safety

922 reported road collisions (2024)

117 killed or seriously injured · 1,062 casualties · 27.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 386 rated 4–5 ★ (282 top)
  • 41 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Enfield Town (0.4 km)
  • 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Enfield Town (0.4 km):

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Live buses at Enfield Town / Church Street:

  • W9Chase Farm Hospital · due
  • 377Ponders End Enfield Bus Garage · 2 min
  • 329Turnpike Lane, Station · 5 min
  • 456Crews Hill · 10 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£471,019 average 0.3% YoY

Across Enfield · to 2026-06

Detached£1,231,307
Semi-detached£714,405
Terraced£496,389
Flat£299,393

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,821 average monthly rent 5.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,417
  • 2 bed £1,758
  • 3 bed £2,090

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

Affordability

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (5.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

44 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Palace Gardens Shop Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches93
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

329,984 residents in Enfield · 4,082/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 59 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,268 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (29% of 128,340)

A £1,512
B £1,764
C £2,016
D £2,268
E £2,772
F £3,276
G £3,779
H £4,535

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

Schools

109 schools · 55,845 pupils

69 primary · 18 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 43 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

98inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • AIM Academy North LondonGood
  • Chace Community SchoolGood
  • Enfield County School for GirlsGood
  • Southgate SchoolGood
  • The Latymer SchoolGood
  • The Lea Valley AcademyGood
  • Wren Academy EnfieldGood
  • Bishop Stopford's School
  • Enfield Grammar School
  • Heron Hall Academy
  • Highlands School
  • Kingsmead School
  • Laurel Park School
  • Lift Aylward
  • Oasis Academy Enfield
  • St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls
  • St Ignatius College
  • Winchmore School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Enfield

Care & health services

355 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes82
  • GP practices45
  • Dentists67
  • Homecare agencies116
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Enfield

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (ENFIELD TOWN)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 73 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

407 applications decided

74.4% granted · 303 granted, 104 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Feryal Clark

Labour

Enfield North

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 27
  • Con 31
  • Grn 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools19
  • GPs & clinics8
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens24
  • Restaurants & cafés75

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,724 jobs advertised · £42,941 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Science Teaching Assistant, Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£865 median full-time weekly pay

7.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,764 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 150,127 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Nuclear 19% · Solar 19% · Wind 14%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.8 women · 61.1 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Enfield North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burleigh House, Enfield · 0.1 km

    Burleigh House was a house in Enfield, near London, that was built in the mid-17th century for the lawyer James Mayoe. It was constructed on the grounds of a house once owned by the merchant Benjamin Deicrowe Jr. that…

  • Enfield Grammar School · 0.1 km

    Enfield Grammar School is a boys' comprehensive school and sixth form with academy status in Enfield Town in the London Borough of Enfield in North London. The school was founded in 1558 and inherited part of a charit…

  • Barclays Bank, Enfield · 0.2 km

    Barclays Bank, at 20 The Town, Enfield, formerly the London and Provincial Bank, is a Grade II listed building in the London Borough of Enfield. It was designed by William Gillbee Scott in a Flemish Renaissance style…

  • Old Vestry Office, Enfield · 0.2 km

    The Old Vestry Office is a grade II listed building at 22 The Town, Enfield, London.

  • Trinity Church, Enfield · 0.2 km

    Trinity Church, Enfield is located at Church Street, Enfield, London. The church was formed in 1983 by the union of Enfield Methodist Church and St Paul's United Reformed Church.

  • St Andrew's Enfield · 0.2 km

    St Andrew's Enfield is a Church of England church in Enfield, London, and the original parish church of Enfield. It is a grade II* listed building with Historic England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Enfield?
Enfield is a town in Greater London, England, in the Enfield local authority.
How deprived is Enfield?
The Enfield local authority, which includes Enfield, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.