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On Whitefield Avenue, in Brent Cross & Staples Corner
What it's like at NW2 1TH: every home that has sold on Whitefield Avenue since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whitefield Avenue; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Whitefield AvenueTerraced | Dec 2022 | £615,925 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £495,560 | 82 m² | £6,043/m² | 1 |
| 4, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2002 | £195,000 | 41 m² | £4,756/m² | 1 |
| 6, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2016 | £415,000 | 110 m² | £3,773/m² | 1 |
| 7, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2017 | £422,500 | 97 m² | £4,356/m² | 1 |
| 8, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2017 | £415,000 | 82 m² | £5,061/m² | 1 |
| 9, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2001 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2003 | £220,000 | 85 m² | £2,588/m² | 1 |
| 13, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | May 2023 | £574,744 | 82 m² | £7,009/m² | 2 |
| 14, Whitefield AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2018 | £400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Whitefield AvenueTerraced | Jan 2023 | £656,403 | 100 m² | £6,564/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Brent Cross West, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 675k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Mapledown School, 100 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 102, 189, C11); 224 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 9 km away as the crow flies.
47% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Claremont Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 48% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery School (0.6 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Clarion, 100 m away; Attainment 8: 44.8 · 12.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Michaela Community School (4 km) and Ark Academy (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (2.6 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (5.9 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 250 m away, with Afg Brent Cross Food & Wine closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Azim & Partners (850 m), with Health Village the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Toni & Guy is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Free Hospital, 4.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 70% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 31 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Spruce & Larch is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Always Gladice the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 357 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (52%).
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 1,023 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Exploratory Park Brent Cross, 50 m away; for exercise, Hendon Leisure Centre (350 m).
31 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
87 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near NW2 1TH →
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond), 3.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.8 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 20 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 41% of households rent privately and 27% socially.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Middlesex University, 2.0 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 63.4% | 77.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 11.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 30.3% | 10.7% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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