Property Diligence

Islington (N1) or Kentish Town (NW5): an area comparison

Kentish Town has the lower recorded-sale median by £0. 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?

Islington: £650,000. Kentish Town: £650,000.

Kentish Town is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Islington: 137. Kentish Town: 10 open establishments.

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

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: N1 159, NW5 47. mapped green-space sites: N1 148, NW5 42.

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

The broad price gap is £0 across the 24-month samples. That gives Kentish Town the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Islington has 137 registered schools, 148 mapped green-space sites and 159 bus nodes. Kentish Town has 10, 42 and 47 respectively.

District prices

N1 recorded 1,573 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £650,000. The £904,448 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

NW5 recorded 451 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £650,000. The £917,983 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

N1

Median recorded sale
£650,000
Average recorded sale
£904,448
Recorded sales
1,573 (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.

NW5

Median recorded sale
£650,000
Average recorded sale
£917,983
Recorded sales
451 (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 16,390 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 4,678, or 28.5% of the total.

Police.uk records 3,972 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,239, or 31.2% of the total.

N1

Reported crime, 12 months
16,390
Selected report-category share
4,678 (28.5%)
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.

NW5

Reported crime, 12 months
3,972
Selected report-category share
1,239 (31.2%)
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. N1 has a median of 4.0. 47.7% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 6.1% 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. NW5 has a median of 4.0. 26.4% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 3.9% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

N1

Median IMD decile
4.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
47.7%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
6.1%
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.

NW5

Median IMD decile
4.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
26.4%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
3.9%
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 137 open establishments in N1. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 10 open establishments in NW5. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

N1

Registered school sites
137 (16 plus: 4, All-through: 2, Nursery: 6, Primary: 104, Secondary: 21)
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.

NW5

Registered school sites
10 (Primary: 5, Secondary: 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 148 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 39.14 hectares, including 42 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 42 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 6.78 hectares, including 4 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

N1

Mapped OS green-space sites
148
Mapped site area
39.14 ha
Public parks or gardens
42
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.

NW5

Mapped OS green-space sites
42
Mapped site area
6.78 ha
Public parks or gardens
4
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 8,533 postcode units. 2,184 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 2,169 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 857 postcode units. 169 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 153 have medium-risk surroundings.

N1

Postcode units in source
8,533
Units with high-risk surroundings
2,184
Units with medium-risk surroundings
2,169
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.

NW5

Postcode units in source
857
Units with high-risk surroundings
169
Units with medium-risk surroundings
153
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 25.6 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 22.6 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

N1

Median annual mean NO₂
25.6 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.

NW5

Median annual mean NO₂
22.6 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 159 active bus nodes and 14 rail, metro or tram nodes across N1. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 47 active bus nodes and 12 rail, metro or tram nodes across NW5. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

N1

Active bus access nodes
159
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
14
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.

NW5

Active bus access nodes
47
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
12
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.

N1

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.

NW5

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 702 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 132 serious and 568 slight.

DfT records 192 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 20 serious and 172 slight.

N1

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
702
Fatal
2
Serious
132
Slight
568
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.

NW5

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
192
Fatal
0
Serious
20
Slight
172
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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