HoodEx scores areas of Greater London, England, United Kingdom from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, Belsize Park scores highest at 8.5/10, against an average of 7.4/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Greater London fits you.
Greater London spreads outward from the Thames in a patchwork of distinct centers rather than a single hub. The river winds east-west through the middle, with dense historic cores near the center giving way to residential suburbs and industrial zones at the edges. Housing stock varies from Georgian crescents and Victorian terraces to postwar estates and modern towers. Transport relies on an extensive rail and Underground network that radiates from the center, though outer neighborhoods often depend on buses or cars. The climate is temperate and damp, with mild winters and cool summers. Green space is unevenly distributed: some areas sit beside large parks while others are heavily paved. Community life and local services remain robust across most districts, but the quality of the built environment can feel inconsistent, with aging housing and newer development sitting side by side.
Across the 38 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Greater London, the average score is 7.4 out of 10 — strong. That places Greater London 11th of the 33 cities measured so far, 0.8 above the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Belsize Park at 8.5/10; the lowest is North Finchley at 6.5/10. A gap of 2.0 points across one city is large — in Greater London the address matters more than the city does. 28 of the 38 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Greater London: green & air 6.7, comfort & safety 7.3, homes & buildings 6.7, shops & services 8.2 and getting around 8.2, each out of 10.
Greater London's strongest category is shops & services — community life and local services — at 8.2/10, 1.5 above the 6.7 average for that category. The weakest is homes & buildings — the buildings and housing stock — at 6.7/10, in line with the 6.6 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
Against the other 33 measured cities, Greater London ranks 6th for comfort & safety.
The score that swings most from one Greater London area to the next is green & air: 4.1/10 in Chalk Farm, 8.7/10 in Belsize Park — a spread of 4.6 points. In practice that means how much green you live next to is the thing your choice of address actually decides here.
By contrast comfort & safety moves by only 2.6 points across the whole city, so it is close to a constant: worth knowing about Greater London, but not worth paying extra for one street over another.
Within United Kingdom, HoodEx has measured 4 cities, averaging 7.3/10. Greater London is in line with the 7.3 average for the country, 3rd of the 4.
No single area wins on everything, so it is worth knowing which one leads on the thing you care about. In Greater London that is most green space: Belsize Park (8.7/10 green & air), best connected: Petersham (9.6/10 getting around), strongest community life: King's Cross (9.6/10 shops & services) and best housing stock: Belsize Park (8.7/10 homes & buildings).
Open any of them below for the full breakdown — the five category scores, the components underneath them, and what residents have reported.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Greater London's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
If nobody has searched Greater London here before, the matcher maps it first — a one-off couple of minutes while you answer the questions. It runs without an account, and the top matches are free.
Find which part of Greater London fits you
These parts of Greater London have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 38 neighbourhoods in Greater London. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Greater London neighbourhoods is 7.4/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 0.8 above the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Belsize Park currently has the highest overall score in Greater London at 8.5/10, 2.0 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, North Finchley (6.5/10).
Belsize Park scores highest on green & air in Greater London at 8.7/10, covering green space, air and water quality and natural features. The city average for green & air is 6.7/10.
Petersham leads on getting around — transit access, road connectivity, walkability and reaching everyday destinations — at 9.6/10, against a Greater London average of 8.2/10.
Green & air varies most across Greater London — a spread of 4.6 points between Chalk Farm (4.1/10) and Belsize Park (8.7/10). That makes how much green you live next to the thing your address decides here, while comfort & safety is close to constant citywide (2.6 points).
HoodEx has measured 4 cities in United Kingdom, averaging 7.3/10. Greater London is in line with the 7.3 average, ranking 3rd of the 4.
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
Yes — browsing neighbourhood scores and community insights is free. A detailed report for a new address is paid.
Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each neighbourhood page shows when it was last updated.