# NW2 1QR: area report for a postcode in Barnet

NW2 1QR is a postcode in Barnet.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Barnet. Open the map at NW2 1QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) › [NW2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nw2) › [NW2 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nw2-1)

## Around this postcode

- **12 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 45% on July. Barnet 040C: 81 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **Brent Cross, 920 m**: About 12 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **7 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 340 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **No property in NW2 1QR listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Barnet 040C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **£600,560 average price**: For the whole of Barnet, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 70 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 710 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at NW2 1QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **Moderate road and rail noise at NW2 1QR**: Road 56 dB, rail 45 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR
- **15.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wessex Gardens Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wessex-gardens-primary-school-e131617) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rimon Jewish Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rimon-jewish-primary-school-e138272) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Claremont Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/claremont-primary-school-e142636) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Menorah Primary School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/menorah-primary-school-for-girls-e101341) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), May 2024 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Menorah Primary School for Boys](https://openindex.co.uk/school/menorah-primary-school-for-boys-e150274) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Peninim](https://openindex.co.uk/school/peninim-e137502) | Independent | 680 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Childs Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/childs-hill-primary-school-e147706) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Clarion](https://openindex.co.uk/school/clarion-e137361) | Secondary | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2023 | £625,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| February 2026 | £800,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| June 2025 | £700,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| March 2026 | £875,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| June 2026 | £500,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| August 2024 | £900,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| August 2025 | £800,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| February 2025 | £840,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Brent Cross (920 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: PENNINE DRIVE PRACTICE (70 m); THE HODFORD ROAD PRACTICE (730 m); RAVENSCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE (880 m); GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE (900 m); THE PRACTICE AT 188 (930 m)
- Pharmacies: W PRICE (CHEMIST) (190 m); JETHROS HEALTHCARE PHARMACY (870 m); I WARMAN FREED (890 m); BOOTS (890 m); HANEL PHARMACY (900 m)
- Dental practices: FAMILY DENTAL PRACTICE (840 m); GOLDERS GREEN DENTAL CARE (940 m); ANGLE HOUSE ORTHODONTICS CRICKLEWOOD (990 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Brent Cross Hendon Way Superstore (710 m, Tesco); Tesco Golders Green Express (860 m, Tesco); Co-op Brent Cross - Aviator Drive (900 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Golders Green Accommodation Road Local (930 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Cricklewood Lane Cricklewood (950 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £600,560** (July 2026). Barnet’s average house price was £600,560 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 4.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £47,141** (2025). Full-time workers living in Barnet earned a median of £47,141 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 30th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.7×** (2025). A home in Barnet costs 12.7 times local full-time pay. 14th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.5** (2025). Barnet has a deprivation score of 19.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 140th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Barnet 040C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 27.6** (2025). Barnet 040C has a deprivation score of 27.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 9,516th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £707,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Barnet 040C was £707,500 in 2025. Joint 1,483rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,038** (2021). Barnet 040C had 2,038 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,726th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.3%** (January 2026). In Barnet 040C, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## NW2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £560,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NW2 was £560,000 in 2025. Joint 184th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 71,104** (2021). NW2 had 71,104 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 38th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in NW2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.6%** (January 2026). In NW2, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet)
- Centre: 51.5687, -0.2098

Council: [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Finchley and Golders Green](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/finchley-and-golders-green): Sarah Sackman (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.2098,51.5687,NW21QR

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Snapshot 2026.10.8. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nw2-1qr