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On Balmoral Road, in Willesden Green
What it's like at NW2 5BH: every home that has sold on Balmoral Road 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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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Balmoral Road; 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.
5 of the 48 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 61, Balmoral RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £634,000 | 136 m² | £4,662/m² | 2 |
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| 63, Balmoral RoadTerraced | May 2016 | £835,000 | 101 m² | £8,267/m² | 3 |
| 65, Balmoral RoadTerraced | Aug 2001 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Balmoral RoadTerraced | Jan 2008 | £437,000 | 157 m² | £2,783/m² | 1 |
| 73a, Balmoral RoadFlat | Nov 2022 | £500,000 | 52 m² | £9,615/m² | 4 |
| 79b, Balmoral RoadFlat | Mar 2013 | £320,000 | 69 m² | £4,638/m² | 1 |
| 81, Balmoral RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £800,000 | 135 m² | £5,926/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 83, Balmoral RoadFlat | Sept 1996 | £68,650 | – | – | 1 |
| 83b, Balmoral RoadFlat | Jan 2020 | £550,000 | 83 m² | £6,627/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 85, Balmoral RoadFlat | Oct 2019 | £500,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 85b, Balmoral RoadFlat | Dec 2017 | £505,000 | 57 m² | £8,860/m² | 2 |
| 87, Balmoral RoadTerraced | Nov 2002 | £338,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 87a, Balmoral RoadFlat | May 2006 | £235,000 | 45 m² | £5,222/m² | 1 |
| 87b, Balmoral RoadFlat | Jan 2007 | £280,000 | 80 m² | £3,500/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Willesden Green Underground station, about a 5-minute walk (550 m). The nearest rail station is Cricklewood, 1.5 km away, with 859k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Willesden Green Library, 250 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 266, 98, 460, 260); 146 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 25% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 8 km away as the crow flies.
60% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Junior School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Convent of Jesus and Mary RC Infant School (0.2 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Lowe Academy Willesden, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 41.6 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: All Saints Catholic College (3.2 km) and Paddington Academy (3.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (4.6 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Londis, 200 m away; Wine and Vape Hub (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Willesden Green Surgery (300 m), with Spivack Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Ace of Fades is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Free Hospital, 4.4 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
German Doner Kebab is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Bar Lula's the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 141 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (76%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 75% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 123 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Willesden Community Gardens, 950 m away; for exercise, Zenw2 (400 m).
58 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Court | II | 100 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Brent East constituency: Dawn Butler MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,047 (34.5%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 51%, Conservative 17%, Green Party 10%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
52 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 5BH →
A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond), 4.6 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.7 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 18 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 49% of households rent privately and 20% socially.
It's young: 23% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Middlesex University, 4.5 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.
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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 48 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 0 of 34 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% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 76.3% | 77.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.3% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 16.4% | 14.7% | 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.