Is Ealing a good place to live?
Ealing scores 54 out of 100 on our Liveability index, 22nd of London's 33 boroughs. It does best on environment (72) and transport (65), and least well on area prosperity (33). The highest-scoring wards are Northfield, Ealing Broadway and Ealing Common.
Each part compares Ealing with the rest of London, where 100 is the best. The score uses our default weights; on the map you can set your own.
Is Ealing safe?
Police recorded about 3,845 crimes a month in Ealing from June to August 2026, about 69 per square kilometre, close to the London borough median of 63. The most common were violence and sexual offences (28%), anti-social behaviour (27%) and vehicle crime (9%).
Recorded crime follows footfall: busy town centres and transport hubs record more, which says little about quiet residential streets. Check the exact street with an area report.
Does Ealing flood?
About 6% of Ealing's land is in Flood Zone 2 or 3, the Environment Agency's zones for flooding from rivers or the sea, against 13% across London. About 5% sits in Flood Zone 3, the highest risk band. The zones ignore flood defences and do not cover surface water flooding.
Are there good schools in Ealing?
Ealing has 65 state primary and 17 state secondary schools, plus 13 independent schools. Of the state schools with a current single Ofsted grade, 97% are good or outstanding and 31% are outstanding, against a London borough median of 24% outstanding. Outstanding schools include St John's Primary School, Selborne Primary School and Southfield Primary School.
Ofsted stopped giving a single overall grade in September 2024, so recently inspected schools have none. Always check admissions and catchment rules with the school or council.
How good is public transport in Ealing?
Ealing has 25 Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR or tram stations on the District, Piccadilly, Central, Elizabeth line, National Rail and Mildmay (Overground), in fare zones 2, 3, 4 and 5. About 13% of the borough has good or better access (TfL PTAL 4 to 6b), against 15% of London.
How much does it cost to live in Ealing?
The average home in Ealing cost £566,930 in March 2026 (HM Land Registry), up 15.6% over five years. The average private rent was £2,057 a month (ONS, May 2026 release), a gross yield of about 4.4%. Homes cost 13.7 times average local earnings.
What is the air quality like in Ealing?
Nitrogen dioxide averaged 22 µg/m³ across Ealing in 2022 (London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory), against a London median of 20 and a World Health Organization guideline of 10. Fine particles (PM2.5) averaged 9 µg/m³ against a guideline of 5. Air is usually worst beside main roads.
What are the shops, parks and GPs like in Ealing?
OpenStreetMap lists 66 supermarkets, 50 GP surgeries and 49 pharmacies in Ealing, and 117 public parks covering about 508 hectares. About 13% of the borough is in a conservation area, where outside changes usually need permission.
How deprived is Ealing?
The typical neighbourhood in Ealing is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England and 10 the least. About 22% of the borough is in the most deprived fifth.
Which parts of Ealing score best?
The highest Liveability scores in Ealing are in Northfield, Ealing Broadway and Ealing Common, and the lowest in Norwood Green and Southall Green. Every ward is below, with its scores for safety, transport, shops, green space and schools out of 100.
| Ward | Liveability | Safety | Transport | Shops | Green | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield | 68 | 38 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 72 |
| Ealing Broadway | 59 | 23 | 90 | 76 | 49 | 55 |
| Ealing Common | 59 | 38 | 81 | 67 | 62 | 36 |
| North Hanwell | 59 | 38 | 58 | 73 | 59 | 75 |
| South Acton | 59 | 12 | 92 | 86 | 65 | 56 |
| Walpole | 59 | 12 | 77 | 83 | 74 | 53 |
| Greenford Broadway | 57 | 32 | 69 | 62 | 75 | 64 |
| Hanwell Broadway | 57 | 26 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 58 |
| Southall Broadway | 57 | 7 | 87 | 86 | 53 | 87 |
| Southfield | 57 | 22 | 79 | 84 | 65 | 53 |
| Central Greenford | 57 | 50 | 62 | 69 | 66 | 33 |
| East Acton | 56 | 23 | 85 | 70 | 63 | 57 |
| Hanger Hill | 54 | 41 | 72 | 55 | 50 | 53 |
| Northolt Mandeville | 54 | 40 | 56 | 39 | 81 | 51 |
| Pitshanger | 54 | 44 | 62 | 61 | 74 | 38 |
| North Greenford | 53 | 56 | 39 | 59 | 79 | 28 |
| Northolt West End | 53 | 36 | 49 | 50 | 72 | 61 |
| North Acton | 51 | 30 | 74 | 62 | 38 | 37 |
| Dormers Wells | 50 | 36 | 50 | 50 | 59 | 66 |
| Perivale | 48 | 45 | 53 | 50 | 58 | 33 |
| Southall West | 47 | 13 | 41 | 59 | 58 | 77 |
| Lady Margaret | 46 | 30 | 47 | 47 | 40 | 57 |
| Norwood Green | 45 | 40 | 22 | 45 | 65 | 61 |
| Southall Green | 44 | 18 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 62 |
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Where these numbers come from
- Crime: police.uk street-level crime, June to August 2026, averaged per month.
- Flood zones and conservation areas: Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning and local authority conservation areas, via planning.data.gov.uk.
- Schools: Department for Education Get Information About Schools, with Ofsted grades.
- Transport: TfL stations and PTAL 2023. Air quality: London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory 2022.
- Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (March 2026) and ONS private rents (May 2026 release) and affordability ratios.
- Shops, GPs and parks: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Deprivation: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG).
- Liveability: our score for each ~500 m square of London, built from the sources above; borough and ward figures are medians of their squares.
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