Property Diligence

Hampstead (NW3) or Notting Hill (W11): an area comparison

Hampstead has the lower recorded-sale median by £180,000. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Hampstead: £930,000. Notting Hill: £1,110,000.

Hampstead is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Hampstead: 12. Notting Hill: 6 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: NW3 111, W11 44. mapped green-space sites: NW3 42, W11 44.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £180,000 across the 24-month samples. That gives Hampstead the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Hampstead has 12 registered schools, 42 mapped green-space sites and 111 bus nodes. Notting Hill has 6, 44 and 44 respectively.

District prices

NW3 recorded 993 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £930,000. The £1,546,145 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

W11 recorded 504 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £1,110,000. The £2,250,774 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

NW3

Median recorded sale
£930,000
Average recorded sale
£1,546,145
Recorded sales
993 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

W11

Median recorded sale
£1,110,000
Average recorded sale
£2,250,774
Recorded sales
504 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 6,897 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,940, or 28.1% of the total.

Police.uk records 6,466 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,496, or 23.1% of the total.

NW3

Reported crime, 12 months
6,897
Selected report-category share
1,940 (28.1%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

W11

Reported crime, 12 months
6,466
Selected report-category share
1,496 (23.1%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. NW3 has a median of 9.0. 5.9% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 70.3% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. W11 has a median of 4.0. 23.1% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 10.9% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

NW3

Median IMD decile
9.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
5.9%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
70.3%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

W11

Median IMD decile
4.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
23.1%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
10.9%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 12 open establishments in NW3. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 6 open establishments in W11. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

NW3

Registered school sites
12 (Primary: 10, Secondary: 2)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

W11

Registered school sites
6 (Nursery: 1, Primary: 5)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 42 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 371.84 hectares, including 6 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 44 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 18.59 hectares, including 17 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

NW3

Mapped OS green-space sites
42
Mapped site area
371.84 ha
Public parks or gardens
6
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

W11

Mapped OS green-space sites
44
Mapped site area
18.59 ha
Public parks or gardens
17
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 1,324 postcode units. 250 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 184 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 732 postcode units. 158 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 227 have medium-risk surroundings.

NW3

Postcode units in source
1,324
Units with high-risk surroundings
250
Units with medium-risk surroundings
184
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

W11

Postcode units in source
732
Units with high-risk surroundings
158
Units with medium-risk surroundings
227
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 21.5 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 22.0 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

NW3

Median annual mean NO₂
21.5 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

W11

Median annual mean NO₂
22.0 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 111 active bus nodes and 30 rail, metro or tram nodes across NW3. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 44 active bus nodes and 17 rail, metro or tram nodes across W11. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NW3

Active bus access nodes
111
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
30
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

W11

Active bus access nodes
44
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
17
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

NW3

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

W11

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 411 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 1 fatal, 49 serious and 361 slight.

DfT records 318 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 58 serious and 260 slight.

NW3

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
411
Fatal
1
Serious
49
Slight
361
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

W11

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
318
Fatal
0
Serious
58
Slight
260
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

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