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NW8 Abbey Road — Family Area Report

Abbey Road · Westminster

Council Tax Band D · 2025/26Westminster£994/yr
Family densityLow · 16–21%20.8% of households have dependent children
36
Family Score

Ranked against every London postcode we cover.

NW8 is the London postcode area covering Abbey Road in the London Borough of Westminster. It scores 36/100 on our family-life index. It's strongest on safety (100/100) and weakest on schools (0/100). 40 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 24 min on the morning rush. 20.8% of households here have dependent children — low.

Schools0
Safety100
Amenities0
Green space0
Family density13
Commute70

Schools

40 within 1 mile

  • Arnold House School

    Independent · 359 pupils

    297m

  • The American School in London

    Independent · 1428 pupils

    306m

  • St John's Wood Primary School

    Primary · 428 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    357m

  • Woodside School

    Independent · 1 pupils

    445m

  • Ormiston Beachcroft Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter · 51 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    497m

  • Harris Academy St John's Wood

    Secondary · 1326 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    651m

  • St Joseph's RC Primary School

    Primary · 264 pupils

    Outstanding (pre-2024)
    770m

  • Saint Christina's School

    Independent · 162 pupils

    808m

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
    8
    Libraries
    0
    Supermarkets
    4

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

    Commute

    6 central London hubs · Morning rush

    Excellent · Under 25 min
    Waterloo
    26 min
    via Jubilee
    King's Cross
    26 min
    via Jubilee & Metropolitan
    Liverpool Street
    33 min
    via Jubilee & Metropolitan
    Canary Wharf
    39 min
    via Jubilee
    PaddingtonFastest
    24 min
    via Jubilee & Bakerloo
    Victoria
    29 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 24 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 NW8. Rebuild src/data/london-schools.json if this outcode should be covered.

    NW8 — frequently asked questions

    The things families ask us most about Abbey Road, answered from the same data behind the scores above.

    Is NW8 a good area for families?
    NW8 (Abbey Road, Westminster) 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 NW8?
    There are 40 schools within a mile of NW8, sourced from the DfE GIAS register with the latest Ofsted inspection attached. NW8 scores 0/100 on schools, ranked against every other London postcode in our cohort.
    How safe is NW8?
    The Metropolitan Police recorded 0 crime incidents in NW8 in May 2026 (the latest month released by data.police.uk). On our cohort-relative scale, NW8 scores 100/100 for safety.
    How long is the commute from NW8 to central London?
    Using the TfL Journey Planner for a weekday 08:15 arrival, the fastest of our six central London hubs from NW8 is Paddington in about 24 minutes. We benchmark commute times to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.
    Do many families live in NW8?
    20.8% of households in NW8's representative LSOA have dependent children (ONS Census 2021), which we band as low (16–21%) versus the rest of London.

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