Is Totteridge & Woodside safe?

Totteridge & Woodside scores 74 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — one of London's safer wards on this measure. 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 Totteridge & Woodside a good place to live?

Totteridge & Woodside scores 40 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 safety (74) and nature access (73); its weakest is area development (2). 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 Totteridge & Woodside?

Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Totteridge & Woodside 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 32 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.

Is Totteridge & Woodside expensive to buy in?

Relative to the rest of London, Totteridge & Woodside is among London's pricier areas: its purchase-affordability score is 7/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).

What are the schools like near Totteridge & Woodside?

Totteridge & Woodside scores 48 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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Totteridge & Woodside

Barnet, London

PocketsWoodside Park (Whetstone Stray · south · Totteridge Cricket Club)Mill Hill East (Bittacy Hill Park · Panoramic Park)Totteridge & Barnet Gate (Darland's Lake Nature Reserve · Buttercup Field)West Finchley (Darland's Lake Nature Reserve · Dollis Brook)

Overall40Better than 26% of London

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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · sources

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Totteridge & Woodside is the leafy, semi-rural north-west corner of Barnet, where large gardens, paddocks and the Green Belt push right up against the suburb. The ward carries thirty-six listed buildings strung along Totteridge Lane and Totteridge Common, including the Grade II Fairlawn and Home Farm, and around a fifth of its area sits inside a conservation area. Green space runs to nearly 191 hectares, with Darland's Lake Nature Reserve as the largest single site, and safety and nature scores are correspondingly strong. Education is respectable and pollution is low. The trade-offs are real: transport is limited to Totteridge & Whetstone on the Northern line and infrequent buses, public-transport access is only moderate, market affordability is poor, food venues are sparse, and there is essentially no new housing delivery. Cultural provision is thin — this is a dormitory ward, not a destination.

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Strongest74
Safety
Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London
Also strong73
Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
Watch out2
Area development
Little recent major-development activity

At a glance

Moderate public-transport access
36 listed buildings
20.4% covered by a conservation area
3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
Largest green space: Darland's Lake Nature Reserve (31.6 hectares)
87 open venues (23 food and drink, 64 other)

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