Pembridge
Neighbourhood · 5,262 residents
56Good
Good · better than 3 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 43 places to eat and drink
- Schools scores 85, well above the typical 60
- 12 GP practices within a short walk
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- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 11, where 60 is typical
- Safety scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Pembridge
Map outline: Approximate — electoral ward boundary, used as the nearest surveyed shape
Is Pembridge a good place to live?
Pembridge scores 56/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (93) and schools (85).
It scores lowest on affordability (11) and safety (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Pembridge in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Pembridge
Pembridge is white stucco terraces and porticoed entrances, the kind of streetscape where the parked cars tell you as much as the architecture does. Flats dominate the sales here, not houses, and almost all of them leasehold — the For Sale board on a Pembridge street is overwhelmingly advertising a smart conversion rather than a whole freehold home, which shapes who buys in and how long they tend to stay.
The practicalities read as a trade-off rather than a simple win. Notting Hill Gate Underground Station anchors the transport picture, and with 32 local stops on top of that, getting around without a car is straightforward — the connectivity grade reflects it. Schooling is where the area genuinely overperforms: Fox Primary School carries an Outstanding rating, and the mix of independent schools (Wetherby, Pembridge Hall, Southbank International) means families with the means to choose have plenty to choose from. Housing is the sticking point. A median price of £1.15 million sits well above even Kensington and Chelsea's borough-wide figure, and the five-year trajectory has been worsening rather than recovering — this is a place to buy for the address and the schools, not for near-term upside.
Green space is thin — three plots totalling just over a hectare, a fraction of what most of the country enjoys per head — so daily life here leans on streets and squares more than parks, with residents likely drawing on the wider Kensington and Notting Hill area for proper open space and its food scene. What the figures don't show in names, the nightlife and health grades confirm by proxy: both come in at the top band, suggesting a density of restaurants, bars and clinical services that you'd expect of inner London rather than a quiet suburb — population density here runs well over four times the national average. That density cuts both ways. Crime sits meaningfully higher than the borough's own rate, with violence and anti-social behaviour the two largest categories, and the safety grade lands mid-table even though the trend has been flat rather than rising — worth sitting with rather than dismissing, given the area's overall polish.