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Family Area Report

NW10 Harlesden & Kensal Green — Family Area Report

Harlesden & Kensal Green · Brent

Council Tax Band D · 2025/26Brent£2,232/yr
Family densityVery high · Over 35%40.8% of households have dependent children
36
Family Score

Ranked against every London postcode we cover.

NW10 is the London postcode area covering Harlesden & Kensal Green in the London Borough of Brent. It scores 36/100 on our family-life index. It's strongest on safety (100/100) and weakest on schools (0/100). 25 schools sit within a mile, the Met recorded 0 incidents in 2026-05, and there are 0 parks within walking distance. The nearest central London hub is Paddington in 39 min on the morning rush. 40.8% of households here have dependent children — very high.

Schools0
Safety100
Amenities0
Green space0
Family density88
Commute70

Schools

25 within 1 mile

  • Maple Walk School

    Independent · 179 pupils

    294m

  • Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls

    Secondary · 858 pupils

    346m

  • John Keble CofE Primary School

    Primary · 411 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    370m

  • Leopold Primary School

    Primary · 515 pupils

    382m

  • Newfield Primary School

    Primary · 236 pupils

    386m

  • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Primary · 484 pupils

    Outstanding (pre-2024)
    388m

  • Curzon Nursery School & Family Wellbeing Centre

    Nursery · 90 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    453m

  • Roundwood School and Community Centre

    Free schools alternative provision · 30 pupils

    Strong standard
    461m

Source: DfE GIAS + Ofsted latest inspections · updated Jul 2026

Safety

0 incidents in May 2026

    Counts cover a single calendar month (May 2026) — the latest released by data.police.uk.

    Family life

    Within 1km

    Parks
    0
    GP surgeries
    5
    Libraries
    0
    Supermarkets
    56

    Sources: NHS ODS (GPs) · FSA (supermarkets) · OpenStreetMap (parks, libraries)

    Commute

    6 central London hubs · Morning rush

    Average · 36–45 min
    Waterloo
    55 min
    via Jubilee + 1 bus
    King's Cross
    53 min
    via Lioness + 1 bus
    Liverpool Street
    56 min
    via Elizabeth line + 1 bus
    Canary Wharf
    65 min
    via Elizabeth line + 1 bus
    PaddingtonFastest
    39 min
    via Bakerloo + 1 bus
    Victoria
    58 min
    via Jubilee & Bakerloo & Victoria + 1 bus

    Door-to-door, arriving by 08:15 on a weekday. Source: TfL Journey Planner. Nearest hub: Paddington in 39 min.

    How this is built.

    Scores are percentiles within our London cohort: your score is relative to other London areas, not absolute. Schools come from the DfE GIAS register (open schools only). Crime is from data.police.uk, latest available month. Ofsted single-word judgements were withdrawn in Sept 2024. We'll add the new report-card grades as they roll out from late 2025.

    Family density is drawn from ONS Census 2021 household composition data at LSOA level. We map each postcode to its representative LSOA and rank it against the 32 London postcodes in our cohort.

    Commute times are pre-calculated via the TfL Journey Planner API for a weekday arrival at 08:15, from the centre of each postcode to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.

    • No GIAS schools matched outcode NW10. Rebuild src/data/london-schools.json if this outcode should be covered.

    NW10 — frequently asked questions

    The things families ask us most about Harlesden & Kensal Green, answered from the same data behind the scores above.

    Is NW10 a good area for families?
    NW10 (Harlesden & Kensal Green, Brent) scores 36/100 on our family-life index, making it a tougher sell among the London postcodes we cover. Schools score 0/100, safety 100/100, amenities 0/100, green space 0/100 and commute 70/100.
    What are the schools like in NW10?
    There are 25 schools within a mile of NW10, sourced from the DfE GIAS register with the latest Ofsted inspection attached. NW10 scores 0/100 on schools, ranked against every other London postcode in our cohort.
    How safe is NW10?
    The Metropolitan Police recorded 0 crime incidents in NW10 in May 2026 (the latest month released by data.police.uk). On our cohort-relative scale, NW10 scores 100/100 for safety.
    How long is the commute from NW10 to central London?
    Using the TfL Journey Planner for a weekday 08:15 arrival, the fastest of our six central London hubs from NW10 is Paddington in about 39 minutes. We benchmark commute times to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.
    Do many families live in NW10?
    40.8% of households in NW10's representative LSOA have dependent children (ONS Census 2021), which we band as very high (Over 35%) versus the rest of London.

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