Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A borough of 264,069 people, one of London’s 32 boroughs.
Haringey’s grades pull in different directions. Police record more crime here than in most towns: police record 38.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 24.6 home and vehicle crimes. Only two fifths of UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more have more crime per resident. Taken together, its subjects give Haringey a C+ overall, better than 40% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #29 of 33 in London. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 71% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. It is strong on schools as well — primary results beat 87% of towns in England; secondary results beat 73% of towns in England. Buying the median home, at £570,000, takes 8 years of household income in the Haringey council area.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
The 3 things Haringey 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 Haringey is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 306 buildings inside Haringey’s built-up area, 6 of them Grade I.
54% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1909.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Haringey. Best known first.
CastleBruce Castlein town
ChurchSt Mary's Greek Orthodox Churchin town
MuseumMarkfield Beam Engine & Museumin town
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum5 km outside town, to the south · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)
ZooLondon Zoo3.7 km outside town, to the southwest
Historic house · English HeritageKenwood House100 m outside town, to the southwest · 160K visitors a year (2015)Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Haringey.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 41% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Haringey counts 0.6 jobs per working resident. A fifth of commuters who live in Haringey also work there. The car carried 25% of commuters at the census. Household income came to £71K a year before tax, lower than London’s towns (£74K) yet higher than England’s towns (£55K).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Haringey’s 60 primaries and 12 secondaries have 33,716 pupils between them. Lift Trinity’s results beat nearly every one of schools in England like it. Of its 83 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. At the town’s 53 primary schools, 69% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coleridge Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 882 | A− |
| Alexandra Park SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,888 | A |
| Lift TrinityTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 466 | A+ |
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 31.8 reports per 1,000, above London’s towns (24.1) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 26,481 recorded crimes inside Haringey’s built-up area, and 8,487 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences accounted for just over a third of recorded crime.
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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Of Haringey’s land, 32% lies in conservation areas, above London’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. Its listed buildings include Bruce Castle, Grade I. Historic England’s list names 306 listed buildings in the town: 6 Grade I, 24 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Owners make up 37% of households, below London’s towns (45%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. Social housing holds a quarter of households. Half of the 6,130 standard sales inside Haringey’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £570,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £2,050,000 | 95 |
| Semi-detached | £1,260,000 | 299 |
| Terraced | £750,000 | 2,147 |
| Flat or maisonette | £468,000 | 3,589 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
At the census, 14% of people here had a disability, near London’s towns (13%) and lower than England’s towns (17%). 35 GP practices serve the town; 77% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Haringey is North Middlesex University Hospital, 2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Haringey | London | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 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 · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Among adults, 48% have a degree. Typical age in Haringey: 36.2, the median. Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Haringey | London | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 36% | 34% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 10% | 12% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.1% | 3.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 12% | 13% | 17% |
| Degree level | 48% | 47% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · London and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
306 listed buildings in Haringey, 6 of them Grade I.
Bruce Castle: Photo: The wub · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Highpoint I Highpoint I (Numbers a to D) Highpoint I (Numbers G,H,I,K): Photo: SilvaBarral · CC0 · Cromwell House: Photo: Govert2006 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sir John Woolaston's Almshouses: Photo: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
247 notable people were born in Haringey.
Adele: Marc E., CC BY 2.0 · Jerry Springer: Nrbelex, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Jack Hawkins: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Leslie Phillips: LesliePhillipsBAFTA07.jpg: Caroline Bonarde Ucci at https://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline_bonarde/ derivative work:, CC BY 3.0 · Olivia Dean: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0 · Ray Davies: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haringey | 264,069 | — | C+ | C− | D | C |
| Islington | 216,309 | 2.9 | C+ | C− | D | C− |
| Hackney | 258,464 | 3 | C+ | C− | D | C− |
| Enfield | 329,822 | 3.5 | C+ | C | C− | C+ |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 3.9 | B− | C− | C− | C |
| Camden | 209,342 | 4.1 | B− | C− | D− | C+ |
| Barnet | 388,572 | 4.7 | B+ | C | C | B |
| City of London | 7,820 | 5 | A− | C− | D− | A+ |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Its Grade I buildings include Bruce Castle.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £570,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £468,000, terraced houses £750,000, semi-detached houses £1,260,000 and detached houses £2,050,000.
About the middle for its size: 60% 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 D.
Secondary results beat 73%.
London borough in London
Haringey is a built-up area of 264,069 people, in the Haringey 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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