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NW9

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Colindale, Kingsbury and The Hyde, in Barnet and Brent.

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 NW9 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In NW9, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£450,938
411th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
78,603
26th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How NW9 compares

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

NW9Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, NW · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NW11 areas from £450,938 to £1,018,000. The middle area is £682,500. NW9 is £450,938.
£450,938cheapest
Population13 postcode districts, NW · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NW13 areas from 265 to 94,725. The middle area is 33,578. NW9 is 78,603.
78,6032nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage13 postcode districts, NW · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NW13 areas from 74.3% to 97.7%. The middle area is 88.1%. NW9 is 90.9%.
90.9%5th highest
Claimant rate11 postcode districts, NW · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in NW11 areas from 3.1% to 10.5%. The middle area is 5.2%. NW9 is 5.9%.
5.9%4th highest

Is NW9 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NW9 at a rate of 92.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 134.9 per 1,000 people across NW.

In August 2026 alone, 634 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NW9.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,097), anti-social behaviour (1,906) and other crime (1,232).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NW9 was 97.4 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 NW9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NW9 has no single figure. Of its 42 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 11 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 10 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 10 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in NW9

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Barnet 021A1,93947.5 per 1,000392.4%
Barnet 024E2,02175.6 per 1,000484.6%
Barnet 026A2,27470.0 per 1,000280.2%
Barnet 026B1,721144.0 per 1,000178.5%
Barnet 026C2,69335.3 per 1,000581.8%
Barnet 026D1,92984.8 per 1,000261.4%
Barnet 026E1,91593.3 per 1,000365.5%
Barnet 036A2,255141.2 per 1,000486.9%
Barnet 036B1,621134.3 per 1,000394.4%
Barnet 036D2,110119.1 per 1,0004100.0%
Barnet 036E1,76869.1 per 1,000393.8%
Barnet 036F1,901116.1 per 1,000388.6%
Barnet 042A1,48636.4 per 1,000495.4%
Barnet 042B1,786121.0 per 1,000273.7%
Barnet 042C1,509163.9 per 1,000799.0%
Barnet 042D1,554185.8 per 1,000799.5%
Barnet 042E1,31161.3 per 1,000899.9%
Barnet 042F1,52352.9 per 1,000897.2%
Barnet 043A1,65523.5 per 1,000596.5%
Barnet 043B1,708144.0 per 1,000497.5%
Barnet 043C1,561107.6 per 1,000386.3%
Barnet 043D1,544188.0 per 1,000280.7%
Barnet 043E1,732147.3 per 1,000595.1%
Barnet 043F1,91383.7 per 1,000599.8%
Brent 001A1,62568.8 per 1,000597.9%
Brent 001B2,55166.7 per 1,000595.6%
Brent 001C1,93640.7 per 1,000699.4%
Brent 002A1,67862.3 per 1,000496.7%
Brent 002B1,57040.0 per 1,000599.8%
Brent 002C2,34562.9 per 1,000497.8%
Brent 002D1,67762.4 per 1,000387.6%
Brent 002F1,344250.6 per 1,000599.5%
Brent 002G1,84655.7 per 1,000396.4%
Brent 003A1,875111.2 per 1,000376.8%
Brent 003B1,623201.3 per 1,000697.4%
Brent 003F2,183144.6 per 1,000491.7%
Brent 005A1,91570.8 per 1,000489.4%
Brent 005B2,01355.5 per 1,000399.0%
Brent 005C1,88282.2 per 1,000596.7%
Brent 005D1,74551.4 per 1,000599.2%
Brent 005E1,97742.6 per 1,000499.8%
Brent 009E1,67257.7 per 1,000391.1%

MPs for NW9

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 NW97

Postcode sectors in NW98

Councils NW9 covers2

Towns in NW92

Postcode districts next to NW98

Nearest rail stations4

More in the NW postcode area2

NW9 in brief

NW9 is a postcode district covering Colindale, Kingsbury and The Hyde, in Barnet and Brent.

About 84,038 people lived in NW9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,938 in 2025 across 642 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NW9 was £450,938 in 2025.

NW9 had 78,603 usual residents at the census.

In NW9, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In NW9, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.