Most and least people in loud road or rail noise: London boroughs (2021)
City of London had the highest share of people in loud road or rail noise of London’s 33 boroughs in 2021, at 24.2%.
Hillingdon had the lowest, at 4.8%. The middle borough, Merton, had 8.1%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of London | 24.2% |
| 2 | Westminster | 18.8% |
| 3 | Kensington and Chelsea | 17.7% |
| =4 | Southwark | 15.0% |
| =4 | Tower Hamlets | 15.0% |
| 6 | Camden | 14.2% |
| 7 | Islington | 12.9% |
| 8 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 12.6% |
| 9 | Lambeth | 11.7% |
| =10 | Hackney | 11.6% |
| =10 | Wandsworth | 11.6% |
| 12 | Lewisham | 11.5% |
| 13 | Brent | 10.6% |
| 14 | Newham | 10.5% |
| 15 | Barnet | 9.8% |
| 16 | Croydon | 8.3% |
| 17 | Merton | 8.1% |
| 18 | Greenwich | 8.0% |
| 19 | Hounslow | 7.9% |
| 20 | Haringey | 7.8% |
| 21 | Ealing | 7.4% |
| 22 | Barking and Dagenham | 6.6% |
| 23 | Richmond upon Thames | 6.4% |
| 24 | Harrow | 6.3% |
| 25 | Waltham Forest | 6.1% |
| =26 | Enfield | 6.0% |
| =26 | Redbridge | 6.0% |
| 28 | Bexley | 5.6% |
| 29 | Sutton | 5.5% |
| 30 | Kingston upon Thames | 5.1% |
| 31 | Havering | 5.0% |
| 32 | Bromley | 4.9% |
| 33 | Hillingdon | 4.8% |
Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas. Source and method · See it on the map