London is its 32 boroughs plus the City of London, each a place of its own. Every borough is graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.
The typical London borough grades highest on walkability and schools against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on safety. Choose a subject to find the boroughs that do best on it.
The typical borough, subject by subjectThe median London borough against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
How London’s boroughs grade overall33 graded boroughs
A6B18C9
6 of 33 (18%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.
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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
