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Garden Suburb

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South east Barnet. About 12,448 people in 4.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Garden Suburb live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,205
Joint 1,525th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
62.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Garden Suburb compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Garden SuburbMiddle
Population24 wards, Barnet · 2021
Population: every ward in Barnet24 areas from 10,719 to 21,980. The middle area is 16,756. Garden Suburb is 12,205.
12,2056th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Barnet · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Barnet24 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Garden Suburb is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Barnet · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Barnet24 areas from 57.6% to 94.7%. The middle area is 80.6%. Garden Suburb is 62.1%.
62.1%2nd lowest
Claimant rate24 wards, Barnet · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Barnet24 areas from 1.6% to 8.4%. The middle area is 4.7%. Garden Suburb is 1.6%.
1.6%lowest

Is Garden Suburb safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Garden Suburb at a rate of 76.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 92.0 per 1,000 people across Barnet.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Garden Suburb.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were vehicle crime (201), anti-social behaviour (158) and violence and sexual offences (135).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Barnet

These figures are published for the whole of Barnet, not for each ward, so they describe all of Barnet and not Garden Suburb alone. See Barnet

Average house price
£600,560
Down 4.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£47,141
30th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.7×
14th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.5
140th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Garden Suburb in brief

Garden Suburb had 12,205 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Garden Suburb live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Garden Suburb, 62.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Garden Suburb, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.