Twickenham
Neighbourhood · 11,405 residents
78Very good
Very good · better than 9 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
- 106 places to eat and drink
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
- 9 GP practices within a short walk
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 21% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 31, where 60 is typical
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Twickenham
Map outline: Approximate — electoral ward boundary, used as the nearest surveyed shape
Is Twickenham a good place to live?
Twickenham scores 78/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (90) and schools (85).
It scores lowest on affordability (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Twickenham in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Twickenham
Twickenham's streets read as solidly, comfortably London-suburban: terraced rows and Victorian semis, independent shops rather than chain-heavy parades, and enough rugby-day crowds filtering through to give the place an occasional buzz that has nothing to do with its usual pace. It's a spot that draws people who've done their time in zone 2 flats and want a garden without giving up a rail card — the median age of just under 40 tells you most of your neighbours are past the flat-share years and into settling down.
That practical picture holds together well. Twickenham Station and Strawberry Hill both sit in the area, so you're not short of ways into central London, though the transport grade lands at a middling C+ — decent stop coverage (seventeen-odd within the suburb) rather than a fast, frequent trunk line. Schools are where this place actually earns its reputation: an A+ average Ofsted rating across six schools, with St Mary's Church of England Primary and St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary both rated Outstanding, and a secondary progress8 score of 0.66 that's genuinely strong. Housing matches the ambition — terraced houses and freehold tenure dominate the sales mix (six in ten sales are freehold), and a median price around £634k sits just under the borough of Richmond upon Thames' £650k benchmark, so you're paying London-suburb money but slightly less than the borough average implies.
Green space is tight rather than generous — seven pockets adding up to just over four hectares, modest against the national average for an area this size — so weekends lean more towards the riverside paths and the pull of Richmond's wider parks than towards sprawling local commons. Health provision scores an A+, and the restaurant and café scene along the main roads gives you enough variety to fill a Saturday without needing to leave the postcode. Crime is the one place the pattern breaks stride a little: the overall safety grade is a solid B+, but the crime rate here runs some way above the Richmond borough average, driven mainly by violence and anti-social behaviour categories rather than burglary or robbery, which stay low. It's not a red flag so much as the honest asterisk on an otherwise reassuring set of grades.