Holborn & Covent Garden · Camden · Holborn and St Pancras constituency · 51.51664, -0.12746
WC1A 1DE— Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden Location and area intelligence for WC1A 1DE, Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden The practical family move
Top 6% London Schools 100% Safety 61/100 Transport 77/100
Best for: Commuters, Investors, Young professionals
Well-connected — strong transport access
WC1A 1DE 77 Liveability 61 Safety 77 Transport
Families Schools, safety, green space, family amenities Match: Moderate Professionals Commute, connectivity, restaurants, gyms Match: Strong Investors Yield, gentrification, liquidity, pipeline Match: Moderate First-time buyers Affordability, mortgage, stamp duty, value Match: Moderate Key facts for WC1A 1DE Full postcode WC1A 1DE
Postcode district WC1A
Borough London Borough of Camden
Ward Holborn & Covent Garden
Latitude 51.516638
Longitude -0.127461
Parliamentary constituency Holborn and St Pancras
Country England
Region Greater London
Area Profile & Benchmarks Area identity and London comparisons
Area Identity
Urban core
Low Young professionals
Excellent Positive Risk: Low
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Schools 18 Apr Nearest schools and Ofsted ratings
Good for families
★ Top school within 1km
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Primary
St Josephs Catholic Primary School
Not yet inspected · 5 min walk
KS2: 105.4
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Secondary
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ
Not yet inspected · 19 min walk
P8: -0.49 A8: 42.9
100% of local schools rated Good or Outstanding
Childcare
Childcare
Thomas Coram Centre
Not inspected · 14 min walk
5 primaries · 0 secondaries · 0 childcare — within 1km
Safety 5 Jun Crime rates and local incidents
VERY HIGH CRIME
248.2 incidents per 1,000 residents
↑ Rising 82.9% +202% vs borough
Crime by type
Violence & sexual offences 13%
Crime is +282% above London average
Note: high crime per resident is typical of central London postcodes — daytime population is often 5–10× the resident count.
Property Prices, sales volume and market trends
⚠️ Low transaction volume — very few sales recorded. Price figures may not reflect the wider area. Treat with caution.
LHA rates — Inner North London
Shared room £708/mo
1 bedroom £1440/mo
2 bedrooms £1794/mo
3 bedrooms £2160/mo
4 bedrooms £3060/mo
Current mortgage rates
2-year fixed 4.58%
5-year fixed 4.32%
SVR 7.25%
Bank of England (monthly average)
Energy & construction
Solar yield 852 kWh/kWp/yr
BCIS London average 2024. Excludes land value. Use for building insurance sum insured guidance only.
Council tax band Band D Annual charge £1,622
Price growth potential High
Transport 1 May Public transport accessibility and links
🚇 Tottenham Court Road Underground Station Northern line
2.5 min walk 🚂 London Charing Cross → Charing Cross
0 min Nearby stations
🚇 Tottenham Court Road Underground Station Northern · Central
3 min walk 🟣 Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth line
3 min walk 🚇 Covent Garden Underground Station Piccadilly
6 min walk 🚇 Holborn Underground Station Central · Piccadilly
6 min walk 🚇 Leicester Square Underground Station Northern · Piccadilly
7 min walk 🚌 No bus stops within 400m
Central London commute times
▎ marker = outer-London average per hub. ↓ green = below average. ↑ orange = above average. ≈ grey = at average. · Source: TfL Journey Planner (sector-level)
Parking & EV Car parks, spaces and charging points
Total spaces (800m) 450
Nearest car park 410m
Santander docks (800m) 53
Nearest cycle dock 0.1 km
Nearby car parks
🅿️ Bloomsbury Square Car Park 450 spaces · yes
410m
Environment 22 Apr Flood risk, air quality and noise
Surface water NONE
No assessed surface water flood risk Air quality LOW
NO₂: 20.0 µg/m³ · PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Radon risk LOW
0.5% of local properties affected ULEZ zone · £12.50/day Congestion charge zone ✗ Not Green Belt ✗ Not AONB 9% green space Tree canopy: 40%
Nearest SSSI: Hampstead Heath Woods SSSI — 6.4 km
Energy
Solar: 852 kWh/kWp/yr
Ground stability
Geology: SAND AND GRAVEL
Subsidence risk: Low
Shrink-swell: Low
Running sand risk: Medium
Landslide records (2km): 1
Landslide susceptibility: Low
Climate Local weather conditions and energy potential
Solar yield 851.7 kWh/kWp/yr
Source: Met Office UK Climate Averages 1991-2020
Health GP, dental and hospital access
SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND CARE
1ST FLOOR, 30 SOHO SQUARE, W1D 3QS
5 min walk
Nearest hospital Until SOHO · 290 m
Nearest A&E UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · 1.2 km
A&E 4hr targetNHS target: 95% · London avg: ~68% 79.1%
Amenities Shops, restaurants, parks and more
Nearest supermarket 唐人街兴隆门行 Xing Long Men Supermarket · 561 m
3 swimming pools 4 sports halls
Nearby shops
The Convenience Store 38 m
centrepoint food store 41 m
Gail's 128 m
Seoul Plaza 133 m
Nearby cafes
Salt & Pepper 61 m
Joe & The Juice 71 m
Costa 79 m
Lever & Bloom Coffee 99 m
Nearby restaurants
Woo Jung 36 m
Pret A Manger 40 m
Manitoba Tigella 42 m
Shake Shack 45 m
Nearby pubs
Flight Club 16 m
The Crown 77 m
London Cocktail 101 m
All Bar One 103 m
Nearby gyms
Lewis Paris Fitness London Soho 284 m
Soho Gym 366 m
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing 386 m
Pineapple studios 395 m
Nearby pharmacies
Kerrs 190 m
Watsons 390 m
Boots 440 m
Holborn Pharmacy 526 m
Nearby health
Covent Garden Dental Spa 142 m
Fiore Aesthetics 153 m
Forest & Ray Dental Practice 224 m
Centre Point Dental Practice 227 m
Food hygiene (5-star) 50% of 1524
Business Local businesses registered here
Dissolved (last 12 months) 0
Right-to-buy sales (5yr) 198
High street
A High street health
Investment Investment grade, yield and market outlook
Score reflects rental yield, demand & liquidity — not capital appreciation. See Price growth potential below.
Avg monthly rent £2,102 London avg: £1,950/mo
Gentrification score 65/100
Right-to-buy sales (5yr)Above average for outer London — neighbourhood in transition 198
Rental market
Young professional Tenant profile
Future outlook
Strong gentrification momentum Excellent transport access Active regeneration zone
Infrastructure pipeline
Infrastructure score 54/100
Bakerloo Extension route 2,992m
Crossrail 2 route 639m
Demographics 22 Apr Population, deprivation and income
Decile 6/10
Around average
Index of Multiple Deprivation
Rank: 17,240 nationally
1,310
Est. population
2,859/km²
Urban core Low density Young professionals
Employment & lifestyle
Managerial / professional 48%
Routine / semi-routine 9%
No car household 86%
Unemployed 5%
No qualifications 8%
Housing tenure (Census 2021)
Planning Conservation areas and development
Listed buildings (800m) 536
Live planning apps (800m) 53
Major developments (800m) 0
Planning apps (12 months) 62
Planning apps (3 years) 86
Opportunity area Tottenham Court Road
Central activities zone Yes
CIL rate (residential) £250/m²
Japanese knotweed sites (400m) 0
Regeneration status Active
Regeneration investment £0.2bn
Housing pipeline (800m)
Largest scheme 162 homes · Western District Office, 35-50, Western District Office, 35-50, Rathbone Place, W1T 1AA
Named schemes (500m)
SANDRINGHAM FLATS EAST, SANDRINGHAM FLATS EAST, CHARING CROSS ROAD, WC2 120 homes
completed St Giles Court, 1-13, St Giles Court, 1-13, St Giles High Street, WC2H 8LB 109 homes
completed Centre Point Tower, 101-103 (Scheme A), Centre Point Tower, 101-103 (Scheme A), New Oxford Street, 5-24 St Giles High Street, WC2H 8LN 95 homes
completed St.Giles Circus site, 1, Flitcroft Street, St.Giles Circus site including: site of 138-148 (even) Charing Cross Road 4 6 7 9 10 20-28 (inc) Den, London, WC2H 8DJ 34 homes
completed Site At Mercers Covent Garden Estate - Block C, Site At Mercers Covent Garden Estate - Block C, Mercer Street, WC2 24 homes
completed
Politics Local councillors and MP
MP Sir Keir Starmer (Labour)
Constituency Holborn and St Pancras
Councillors
Hamza Chowdhury Green
Jim Monahan Green
James White Green
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The bottom line
WC1A 1DE offers exceptional schools (100% Good/Outstanding) and good transport links — strong value for Commuters and Investors who can accept its trade-offs.
The catch: high noise levels nearby.
Less suited to Families.
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Data freshness When each data source was last updated
gp 1 May
cqc 8 May
imd 24 Apr
lha 18 Apr
tfl 1 May
prow 21 Apr
ptal 17 Apr
seed 17 Apr
crime 5 Jun
flood 22 Apr
noise 24 Apr
radon 18 Apr
census 25 Apr
mobile 18 Apr
nhs ae 5 Jun
sports 18 Apr
parking 4 May
schools 1 May
stats19 9 Jun
streets 18 Apr
planning 1 Jun
amenities 4 May
buildings 18 Apr
bus stops 4 May
elections 9 May
ethnicity 7 Jun
gp survey 18 Apr
green belt 18 Apr
parliament 19 Apr
tfl cycles 2 May
air quality 19 May
bgs geology 18 Apr
councillors 9 May
dfe schools 18 Apr
fsa hygiene 1 May
green space 22 Apr
demographics 22 Apr
voa property 24 Apr
bgs landslide 18 Apr
national rail 1 May
rail services 18 May
rental market 2 Jun
claimant count 18 Apr
water provider 9 Jun
housing pipeline 18 Apr
population density 18 Apr
Trusted official data sources Office for
National Statistics