Maida Vale
WardNorth west Westminster. About 12,077 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Maida Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Maida Vale compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Maida Vale safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maida Vale at a rate of 142.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 405.1 per 1,000 people across Westminster.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 134 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Maida Vale.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (518), anti-social behaviour (381) and violence and sexual offences (349).
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 Westminster
These figures are published for the whole of Westminster, not for each ward, so they describe all of Westminster and not Maida Vale alone. See Westminster
Maida Vale in brief
Maida Vale had 11,661 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Maida Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Maida Vale, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Maida Vale, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.