Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A borough of 329,822 people, one of London’s 32 boroughs.
The picture is mixed. Where it falls short is safety (C−) — 32.6 violent and sexual offences and 24 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Among UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more, it has less crime per resident than 61%. Enfield grades C+ overall and ranks #25 of 33 in London. It comes out better than 43% of UK towns. Housing is expensive: homes sell for a median £470,000, about 6.8 times local household income. Fewer journeys need a car (A+): 46% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Schools are another plus (A−): primary results beat 76% of towns in England; secondary results beat 65% of towns in England.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Enfield does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Enfield is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 267 buildings inside Enfield’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds a map from 1834.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Enfield. Best known first.
GardenMyddelton House Gardensin town
MuseumTrent Park House of Secretsin town
Historic house · English HeritageKenwood House4.7 km outside town, to the southwest · 160K visitors a year (2015)
CastleBruce Castle1 km outside town, to the south
GardenFinsbury Park4.1 km outside town, to the south
MuseumWilliam Morris Gallery2.1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Enfield.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 39% of its commuters stay in Enfield for work. Jobs per working resident: 0.8. Half of commuters drove, between London’s towns (38%) and England’s towns (70%). The average household earns £69K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
GCSE results at the town’s 21 secondary schools: 49% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 48.3. The Latymer School’s results beat nearly every one of schools in England like it. Between them, 68 primaries and 21 secondaries teach 52,584 pupils in Enfield. Three of its 97 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelbury Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 953 | A− |
| Edmonton County SchoolLargest secondary schoolAll-through | All-through | 2,091 | C |
| The Latymer SchoolTop results in townSecondary | Secondary | 1,355 | A+ |
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Just over a third of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Enfield logged 28,921 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 7,687 complaints of anti-social conduct. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 23.7 reports per 1,000, lower than London’s towns (25.2) yet higher than England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
52% of households own their home, between London’s towns (45%) and England’s towns (61%). Private tenants account for 29% of households. Social housing holds 17% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £977,500 | 370 |
| Semi-detached | £675,000 | 1,374 |
| Terraced | £490,000 | 2,669 |
| Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | 2,170 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Enfield’s listed buildings include Grovelands Park Hospital (Original Block Only), Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a quarter of the total. It counts 267 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade I, 23 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
At the census, 14% of people here had a disability, close to London’s towns (13%) and below England’s towns (17%). 31 GP practices serve the town; 71% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.9% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Enfield | London | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 85% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 13% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
36% of adults hold a degree, below London’s towns (47%) but above England’s towns (34%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 14% of residents. The median resident of Enfield is 37.5 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Enfield | London | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 34% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 14% | 12% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9% | 3.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| Degree level | 36% | 47% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · London and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
267 listed buildings in Enfield, 1 of them Grade I.
Grovelands Park Hospital (Original Block Only): Photo: Stu's Images · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Church of St Andrew Enfield Parish Church: Photo: Philafrenzy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ye Old Cherry Tree Inn: Photo: Philafrenzy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Police Station: Photo: Emmabellechan · CC BY-SA 4.0
448 notable people were born in Enfield.
Brook Taylor: Louis Goupy (died 1747), Public domain · Leigh Hunt: Samuel Laurence, Public domain · Laura Haddock: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ryan Mason: @cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs) London, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Emma D'Arcy: Gwydion M. Williams, CC BY 2.0 · Jake Livermore: https://www.flickr.com/photos/37972999@N07/, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 329,822 | — | C+ | C | C− | C+ |
| Haringey | 264,069 | 3.5 | C+ | C− | D | C |
| Waltham Cross | 11,936 | 3.9 | D | C− | D | C− |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 4.6 | B− | C− | C− | C |
| Cheshunt | 43,694 | 4.9 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Goff's Oak | 3,503 | 5 | B+ | D | C | A |
| Waltham Abbey | 18,645 | 5 | D | C | D | C− |
| Cuffley | 4,350 | 5.2 | A | D | B | A+ |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 39% of the 207 UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them far smaller, it grades C−.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £470,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £325,000, terraced houses £490,000, semi-detached houses £675,000 and detached houses £977,500.
Secondary results are closer to the middle, beating 65%.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
London borough in London
Enfield is a built-up area of 329,822 people, in the Enfield council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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