Wide gates, long gravel drives, hedges trimmed into straight lines — Totteridge reads as one of those pockets of London that quietly forgot it was London. The houses sit apart from each other rather than in a terrace, cars on the drive rather than the kerb, and there's a stillness to the streets that comes from low density rather than absence of money. That impression holds up under the numbers. Totteridge sits in the ninth income decile and the ninth for deprivation, which puts it among the least deprived pockets of the country, and the property market backs this up hard: the median sale here comes in at 974,000, against a national figure well under half that. Semi-detached houses dominate what sells, freehold is the default tenure, and the type breakdown skews toward semis and detached homes over flats — a For Sale board here is almost never advertising a one-bed. Against Barnet as a whole, prices run notably higher, which tells you this is one of the borough's pricier addresses rather than a bargain corner of it. The schooling picture matches the ambition: The Totteridge Academy posts a strong Progress 8 score, and the area's overall schools grade sits well above the national average — a real pull for anyone moving here with children already in mind, even if only one school falls inside the immediate area itself. Green space is present but modest — a handful of spaces totalling under six hectares — so this isn't a place defined by sprawling parkland; it's gardens and grounds rather than public commons doing the work. The transport grade lands mid-table, with a scattering of bus stops rather than a rail station anchoring the area, so a car (or a drive to a station elsewhere) is part of daily life rather than an optional extra. Nightlife and connectivity both grade around average, which fits a place built for people who've mostly finished going out on weeknights — the median age here is 46, six years above the national figure, and considerably older than the borough's wider profile. The one number that jars against all this calm is crime relative to Barnet: the local rate runs well above the borough average, driven mostly by violence and sexual offences, with anti-social behaviour and burglary close behind. Set against the absolute count — under sixty incidents logged locally — and a safety grade that still lands comfortably on the right side of average, it reads less as a red flag and more as a reminder that no London postcode is immune, Totteridge included. The trend is flat rather than worsening, which is the more useful signal than the single comparison. Put together, this suits people who've already made peace with paying a premium for space and quiet — established families, older couples downsizing from something larger elsewhere, anyone who wants a proper garden and a good local secondary without needing a train station on the doorstep. It's less suited to anyone who wants nightlife on tap or a car-free life built entirely around rail.