Brent Area Guide | £494k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Brent

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
340,250
Households
118,676
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 9.1 per 1k
118,676
Households
Indian · 19%
Ethnicity
Christian · 39%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£494,251
Median property price
£1,927
Median rent
5,916
Postcodes
118,676
Households
Indian · 19%
Ethnicity
Christian · 39%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£494,251
Median property price
£1,927
Median rent
5,916
Postcodes

Sold prices in Brent

England & Wales
Property sales · Brent
HM Land Registry · Brent
Average price
£619,009
YoY: +1.7%
Median price: £470,074
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 67 sales · avg £542,140
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£703k£617k£531k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Brent

England & Wales
Crime trends · Brent

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
973
YoY +7%
973808643
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
792
YoY -7%
956757558
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
208
YoY -9%
290235179
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
109
YoY +35%
16812581
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
6
YoY -96%
190973
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Possession Of Weapons
32
YoY +100%
42245
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Other Crime
41
YoY +28%
412917
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

3 of 5 key categories improving · possession of weapons up sharply · burglary rising

3,097
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Brent

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Brent.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Brent

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Transport in Brent

Neasden is a 9-minute walk from the centre

Underground · Tram · 706 m

  • Neasden

    Underground · Tram

    706 m
  • Dollis Hill

    Underground · Tram

    1.5 km
  • Wembley Park

    Tram · Underground

    1.6 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Brent

GPs make up most of the mapped places

39 GPs · 11 Libraries · 6 Hospitals · 58 in all

  • GPs39
  • Libraries11
  • Hospitals6
  • Museums1
  • Universities1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Brent

Median private rent

£1,927/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£1,571
1 bed
£1,927
2 bed
£2,260
3 bed
£3,048
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Brent

Coordinates51.5553, -0.2599
Postcodes
5,916
Population (Census)
340,250
Households (Census)
118,676
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 9.1 per 1k

Demographics in Brent

Ethnicity

Total residents: 340,223
Indian19.4%
Other White15.9%
White Brit.15.2%
African9.2%
Other Asian7.2%
+ 9 other groups · 33.1%

Religion

Total residents: 340,100
Christian38.8%
Muslim21.4%
Hindu15.6%
No religion13.6%
Not answered6.9%
+ 2 other religions · 3.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 340,250
35–4922.4%
25–3417.4%
50–6417.4%
10–157.3%
20–247.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.3%

Households

Total households: 118,676
Other18.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.6%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over9.3%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.3%
Any member 66+8.2%
+ 8 other households · 39.8%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Brent

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.45 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.45 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).