N20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whetstone, Oakleigh Park and Totteridge, in Barnet.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an N20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In N20, 79.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How N20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is N20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in N20 at a rate of 69.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 130.0 per 1,000 people across N.
In August 2026 alone, 141 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in N20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (383), anti-social behaviour (300) and other crime (213).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in N20 was 64.7 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in N20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so N20 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in N20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet 007C | 1,365 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 30.2% |
| Barnet 007D | 1,337 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.8% |
| Barnet 008A | 1,638 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.0% |
| Barnet 008B | 1,426 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.1% |
| Barnet 008C | 1,670 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.5% |
| Barnet 008D | 1,789 | 103.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.5% |
| Barnet 008E | 1,808 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| Barnet 011A | 1,922 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.6% |
| Barnet 011B | 1,436 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Barnet 011C | 1,936 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.5% |
| Barnet 012C | 1,371 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Barnet 012D | 1,806 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.6% |
MPs for N20
- Dan TomlinsonLabourMP for Chipping Barnet88% of N20’s postcodes
- Catherine WestLabourMP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet11% of N20’s postcodes
- Sarah SackmanLabourMP for Finchley and Golders Green1.7% of N20’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in N202
Postcode sectors in N204
Council1
Towns in N201
Postcode districts next to N205
Nearest rail stations4
More in the N postcode area2
N20 in brief
N20 is a postcode district covering Whetstone, Oakleigh Park and Totteridge, in Barnet.
About 21,404 people lived in N20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £734,400 in 2025 across 246 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in N20 was £734,400 in 2025.
N20 had 20,430 usual residents at the census.
In N20, 79.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In N20, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.