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Northbury
Barking and Dagenham, London
PocketsBarking Central (Barking · River Roding · Loxford Water)Barking East (east · Fanshawe Avenue · The Lake)
Northbury covers the stretch of Barking immediately north of the town centre and the station, running up through terraced streets toward Longbridge Road. The character is urban, dense and defined by the transport node at its southern edge. Connectivity is the standout: Barking station sits on the ward boundary with very good public-transport access, giving fast c2c services to Fenchurch Street, the District and Hammersmith & City lines, and the Overground; the Grade II booking hall is the only listed building in the ward but a meaningful one. Eight Ofsted-outstanding schools are within reach, and food-led amenity is solid at sixty-six venues. The downsides stack up. Green space is almost absent inside the ward at just over two hectares, with Barking Park reduced to a sliver of ward overlap. Safety scores below the London middle, pollution sits around the arterial-roads level expected for a town-centre ward, and there are no conservation area protections.
- Strongest73Connectivity
Excellent public-transport access
- Also strong65Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Watch out4Heritage
Little listed-building or conservation-area presence
At a glance
- Very good public-transport access
- 1 listed building
- 3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Barking Park (1 hectares)
- 104 open venues (74 food and drink, 30 other)
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Barking Station booking hall, the ward's sole listed building, is Grade II listed.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
59Better than 76% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability95
- Rent affordability70
- Price momentum (5yr)57
- Activity (turnover)20
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Northbury: 35 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
32Better than 16% of London
- Personal safety23
- Property crime40
- Anti-social behaviour36
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Every recorded crime type — burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and more — grouped into personal, property and anti-social behaviour, with the monthly trend for this ward.
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Connectivity
73Better than 87% of London
Median public-transport access is excellent (TfL PTAL 6.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
For Northbury: — min by TfL to 8 major hubsaccess rank —
Air & Quiet
57Better than 64% of London
- Air quality57
- Quietness57
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
28Better than 62% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining29
- Arts & culture14
- Retail & shops21
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene57
- Vitality (openings, diversity)50
104 open venues nearby — 74 food & drink, 30 other.
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For Northbury: the mix behind 104 open venues—% independent
Education
54Better than 55% of London
- Primary schools46
- Secondary schools62
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School inspection history
Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Northbury: 2 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
4Better than 13% of London
1 listed building
- Barking Station Booking Hall Grade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
65Better than 56% of London
- Green spaces87
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Barking Park (1 ha). ~2 ha of green space in total.
Area development
25Better than 92% of London
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Northbury, quick answers
- Is Northbury safe?
- Northbury scores 32 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — recording more crime than most London wards. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Northbury a good place to live?
- Northbury scores 44 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are connectivity (73) and nature access (65); its weakest is heritage (4). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Northbury?
- Very good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Northbury 6 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 73 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Northbury expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Northbury is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 19/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Northbury?
- Northbury scores 54 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 3 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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