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Green Lane & St James
Kingston upon Thames, London
PocketsNew Malden West (Green Lane Recreation Ground · Hogsmill River)Norbiton East
Green Lane and St James sits in the north-east of Kingston around Motspur Park, Worcester Park and southern New Malden, a quiet suburban ward with an almost entirely twentieth-century housing stock. The ward has no listed buildings and no conservation-area cover, and the largest park is Green Lane Recreation Ground at around five hectares. Safety sits in the top fifth of London wards, air quality is good, and the food and retail offer around Burlington Road and Tolworth Broadway runs to around 34 eating places. The costs are what the scores show: only two Ofsted outstanding rated schools within reach, almost no public-transport access on the index with the slow South Western Railway into Waterloo the main link, a thin cultural footprint running to the local library and a handful of pubs, and a market score that sits well below the Wimbledon-adjacent Kingston wards. It is quiet, clean and residential — priced for exactly that.
- Strongest74Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong70Safety
Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London
- Watch out1Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Limited public-transport access
- 2 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Green Lane Recreation Ground (5.1 hectares)
- 51 open venues (33 food and drink, 18 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
58Better than 73% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability40
- Rent affordability65
- Price momentum (5yr)57
- Activity (turnover)68
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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 Green Lane & St James: 42 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
70Better than 88% of London
- Personal safety60
- Property crime74
- Anti-social behaviour80
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Connectivity
21Among the lowest in London
Median public-transport access is basic (TfL PTAL 2.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
74Better than 88% of London
- Air quality70
- Quietness80
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
29Better than 63% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining21
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene71
- Vitality (openings, diversity)75
51 open venues nearby — 33 food & drink, 18 other.
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Education
46Better than 16% of London
- Primary schools40
- Secondary schools54
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School inspection history
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Heritage
1Among the lowest in London
Nature Access
40Better than 7% of London
- Green spaces50
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Green Lane Recreation Ground (5 ha). ~7 ha of green space in total.
Area development
1Better than 33% of London
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Green Lane & St James, quick answers
- Is Green Lane & St James safe?
- Green Lane & St James scores 70 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 Green Lane & St James a good place to live?
- Green Lane & St James scores 38 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 air & quiet (74) and safety (70); its weakest is area development (1). 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 Green Lane & St James?
- Limited public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Green Lane & St James 2 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 21 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Green Lane & St James expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Green Lane & St James is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 8/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Green Lane & St James?
- Green Lane & St James scores 46 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 2 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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