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Hammersmith and Fulham

Hammersmith and Fulham is a town or village in Greater London, England. It has around 269 restaurants and cafés, 13 supermarkets, 12 pharmacies, 13 GP surgeries and clinics, and 1 school. There are 55 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Barons Court, 0.3 km away. There were around 1,354 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hammersmith and Fulham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hammersmith and Fulham area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 183,157 residents at roughly 11,161 people per km².

Council
Hammersmith and Fulham
County
Greater London
Constituency
Hammersmith
Police force
Metropolitan Police
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 223rd of 294 English council areas — better than 24% of them.

Low crime6
Home affordability5
Affordable rents2
Good schools95
Life expectancy64
Low deprivation30
Employment17
Low council tax99

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: 26° / 17° · 48% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:20

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Richmond Upon Thames - Barnes Wetlands, United Kingdom

Crime

1364 reported · July 2026 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences364
  • Anti-social behaviour319
  • Shoplifting159
  • Other theft116

Neighbourhood team: Avonmore · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Drug use, dealing, and the associated antisocial behaviour.
  • Theft from Motor Vehicle.

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

Road safety

541 reported road collisions (2024)

109 killed or seriously injured · 588 casualties · 29.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 435 rated 4–5 ★ (387 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Barons Court (0.3 km)
  • 55 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kensington Olympia (0.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£2,796 average monthly rent 1.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,979
  • 2 bed £2,595
  • 3 bed £2,961

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

Affordability

13.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.9 times median annual pay (14.2× 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)

66 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Great Church Lane (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres19
  • Gyms14
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches128
  • Playgrounds43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

183,157 residents in Hammersmith and Fulham · 11,161/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 74%
  • 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 96 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£1,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (27% of 95,070)

A £1,013
B £1,182
C £1,351
D £1,520
E £1,857
F £2,195
G £2,533
H £3,039

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

Schools

82 schools · 25,924 pupils

36 primary · 11 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 28 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

59inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Lady Margaret SchoolOutstanding
  • The Hurlingham AcademyOutstanding
  • The London Oratory SchoolOutstanding
  • Ark Burlington Danes AcademyGood
  • Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language CollegeGood
  • The Fulham Boys SchoolGood
  • West London Free SchoolGood
  • Fulham Cross Academy
  • Hammersmith Academy
  • Phoenix Academy
  • Sacred Heart High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hammersmith and Fulham

Care & health services

200 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes11
  • GP practices49
  • Dentists77
  • Homecare agencies41
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hammersmith and Fulham

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

278 applications decided

89.6% granted · 249 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Andy Slaughter

Labour

Hammersmith and Chiswick

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 38
  • Con 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools42
  • GPs & clinics21
  • Pharmacies18
  • Supermarkets17
  • Parks & greens125
  • Restaurants & cafés364

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

631 jobs advertised · £40,745 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Electrical Supervisor, Chef Manager - Contract Catering

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£917 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£52,970 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 · 124,011 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Wind 14% · Nuclear 12% · Imports 9%

233 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67.1 women · 66.2 men

46% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hammersmith and Chiswick:

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

Notable places nearby

  • The Ark, London · 0.2 km

    The Ark is an office building located in Hammersmith, London, England.

  • King's Theatre, Hammersmith · 0.2 km

    King's Theatre was a live entertainment venue in Hammersmith, West London, on the corner of Hammersmith Road and Rowan Road. It was built in 1902 as a music hall, with a seating capacity of 3,000.

  • Barons Court (UK Parliament constituency) · 0.2 km

    Barons Court was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1974. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post system of elec…

  • Talgarth Road · 0.2 km

    Talgarth Road is a dual carriageway in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and is a designated part of the A4, running through West London, England on the road to Heathrow Airport. It starts in West Kensingto…

  • William Morris Sixth Form · 0.3 km

    William Morris Sixth Form (WMSF) is a mixed community sixth form, located in the Hammersmith area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England. It is named after William Morris, the textile designer, artis…

  • West London College · 0.3 km

    West London College, legally known as the Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College is a large further and higher education college in West London, England, formed in 2002 by the merger between Ealing Tertiary Colle…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hammersmith and Fulham?
Hammersmith and Fulham is a town in Greater London, England, in the Hammersmith and Fulham local authority.
How deprived is Hammersmith and Fulham?
The Hammersmith and Fulham local authority, which includes Hammersmith and Fulham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.