Warwick
Neighbourhood · 2,934 residents
60Good
Good · better than 5 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
- 15 places to eat and drink
- Schools scores 80, well above the typical 60
- 6 GP practices within a short walk
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 100% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 16, where 60 is typical
- Safety scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Warwick a good place to live?
Warwick scores 60/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (96) and schools (80).
It scores lowest on affordability (16) and safety (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Warwick in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Warwick
Warwick's streets are stucco-fronted and quiet in that particular Belgravia-adjacent way — porticoed terraces converted into flats, a high proportion of them let rather than owner-occupied, with the kind of quiet that comes from money rather than emptiness. You won't find a traditional high street clatter here so much as discreet entrances and the sense that most of the life happens behind the façades rather than on the pavement.
That impression holds up in the numbers on paper. This is a decile 3 area for deprivation nationally, which sounds worse than it reads on the ground — in London terms, wedged in under Westminster, it actually sells for around 12% less than the borough median, at a median £642,500, though even that figure has softened by a noticeable margin over the past year. Almost everything that trades here is a leasehold flat rather than a house — 66 of the 73 recent sales were leasehold, nearly all flats, with only a handful of freehold terraces changing hands at genuinely exceptional prices. A "For Sale" board on this street means a flat in a converted period building, bought as a pied-à-terre or a rental proposition rather than a forever family home; the near-total absence of new-build stock only reinforces that this is old London housing stock, not fresh development.
Day to day, the area's character is shaped more by what's nearby in Westminster than by anything happening within Warwick itself — schooling is thin on the ground locally (the sample here runs to a couple of voluntary-aided primaries and an independent prep, none with published Ofsted grades in this data), so most residents are either childless, older, or looking beyond the immediate postcode for their children's education. Green space is scarce relative to how dense the population is — this is one of the more tightly packed corners of the capital, and it shows in the modest scale of the open spaces dotted around rather than any single expansive park. Public transport connections score respectably for connectivity, though the transport grade itself sits lower, suggesting getting around locally by bus or on foot is more the pattern than a rail-led commute. Health provision, by contrast, comes through strongly, and the nightlife grade is about as high as they come — an area built around discreet dining and drinking rather than a high street scene.