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Harrow

Harrow is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 149,246. It has around 1 school, 6 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, 5 supermarkets, and around 103 restaurants and cafés, with 36 bus stops and Harrow & Wealdstone railway station 0.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £504,171, and there were around 592 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 Harrow area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Harrow area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 261,203 residents at roughly 5,175 people per km².

Council
Harrow
County
Greater London
Constituency
Harrow West
Police force
Metropolitan Police
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 126th of 294 English council areas — better than 57% of them.

Low crime70
Home affordability4
Affordable rents8
Good schools88
Life expectancy97
Low deprivation63
Employment16
Low council tax30

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

22°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 14° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:25

12h 55m 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 · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

Crime

588 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences163
  • Anti-social behaviour133
  • Shoplifting50
  • Drugs45

180 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Greenhill · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour remains a top priority for Greenhill ward for Q2 2026. As part of our summer operational plan for Greenhill, both r…
  • Drug related offending remains a top priority for our ward panel for Q2 2026. Officers of Greenhill NPT are committed to the reduction of…

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

Road safety

359 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 367 rated 4–5 ★ (267 top)
  • 25 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Harrow-on-the-Hill (0.3 km)
  • 55 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Harrow-on-the-Hill (0.3 km):

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Live buses at Tyburn Lane:

  • 182Brent Cross · 2 min
  • 223Wembley Central · 3 min
  • 483Ealing Hospital, Windmill Lane · 6 min
  • 186Northwick Park, Hospital · 8 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£524,160 average 1.4% YoY

Across Harrow · to 2026-06

Detached£1,194,985
Semi-detached£659,603
Terraced£532,719
Flat£318,212

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,773 average monthly rent 3% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,390
  • 2 bed £1,711
  • 3 bed £2,058

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

Affordability

14.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.0 times median annual pay (13.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (3 km)

60 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 62.5 kW
  • Nearest: Harrow-On-The-Hill LU Station Car Park, Station Approach, Harrow (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms5
  • Sports pitches66
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

261,203 residents in Harrow · 5,175/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 199 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,511 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (31% of 96,860)

A £1,674
B £1,953
C £2,232
D £2,511
E £3,069
F £3,627
G £4,185
H £5,022

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

Schools

75 schools · 42,410 pupils

40 primary · 12 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 28 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

60inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bentley Wood High SchoolOutstanding
  • Nower Hill High SchoolOutstanding
  • Canons High SchoolGood
  • Avanti House School
  • Harrow High School
  • Hatch End High School
  • Park High School
  • Pinner High School
  • Rooks Heath School
  • Salvatorian Roman Catholic College
  • The Sacred Heart Language College
  • Whitmore High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harrow

Care & health services

302 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes53
  • GP practices42
  • Dentists87
  • Homecare agencies93
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Harrow

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

327 applications decided

74.6% granted · 244 granted, 83 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Gareth Thomas

Labour (Co-op)

Harrow West

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 12
  • Con 41
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools18
  • GPs & clinics8
  • Pharmacies9
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés122

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,887 jobs advertised · £42,957 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Park Royal, Childrens Home Registered Manager, Senior Business Banking Solutions Specialist

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£880 median full-time weekly pay

4.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,484 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 104,324 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Solar 29% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 6%

25 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.7 women · 62.9 men

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harrow West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Harrow College · 0.3 km

    Harrow College is a further education college in England with two campuses - one at the foot of Harrow-on-the-Hill and the other in Harrow Weald. It was established in 1999 by the merger of two tertiary colleges; in 2…

  • Harrow-on-the-Hill station · 0.4 km

    Harrow-on-the-Hill is an interchange railway station in Harrow, served by suburban London Underground services on the Metropolitan line and commuter National Rail services on the London–Aylesbury line. It is 9 miles 1…

  • Harrow High School · 0.4 km

    Harrow High School is a co-educational academy in the London Borough of Harrow and a specialist Sports College. It was previously called Gayton High School and Harrow County School for Boys. The school has a sixth for…

  • St Anns (Harrow) · 0.4 km

    St. Anns is a shopping centre in Harrow town centre in Greater London, England. It has two entrances, one on College Road opposite Harrow-on-the-Hill station and another on the pedestrianised St Anns Road. The centre…

  • Harrow bus station · 0.4 km

    Harrow bus station serves the town of Harrow in Greater London, England. It is owned and maintained by Transport for London.

  • The Grove, Harrow School · 0.5 km

    The Grove, is a boarding house for Harrow School, in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The Grove was converted into a boarding house in 1820 and is a Grade II listed building. It was constructed on the site…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Harrow?
Harrow is a town in Greater London, England, in the Harrow local authority.
What is the population of Harrow?
Harrow has an approximate settlement population of 149,246.
How deprived is Harrow?
The Harrow local authority, which includes Harrow, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.