Is Enfield a good place to live?
Enfield scores 50 out of 100 on our Liveability index, 30th of London's 33 boroughs. It does best on environment (82) and safety (58), and least well on area prosperity (33). The highest-scoring wards are Arnos Grove, Town and Southgate.
Each part compares Enfield 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 Enfield safe?
Police recorded about 3,143 crimes a month in Enfield from June to August 2026, about 38 per square kilometre, below the London borough median of 63. The most common were violence and sexual offences (30%), anti-social behaviour (23%) and vehicle crime (11%).
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 Enfield flood?
About 13% of Enfield'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 Enfield?
Enfield has 68 state primary and 21 state secondary schools, plus 9 independent schools. Of the state schools with a current single Ofsted grade, 100% are good or outstanding and 9% are outstanding, against a London borough median of 24% outstanding. Outstanding schools include Raglan Infant School, St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls and Highfield 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 Enfield?
Enfield has 21 Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR or tram stations on the Piccadilly, Weaver (Overground) and National Rail, in fare zones 3, 4, 5 and 6. About 6% 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 Enfield?
The average home in Enfield cost £464,044 in March 2026 (HM Land Registry), up 8.4% over five years. The average private rent was £1,775 a month (ONS, May 2026 release), a gross yield of about 4.6%. Homes cost 11.7 times average local earnings.
What is the air quality like in Enfield?
Nitrogen dioxide averaged 19 µg/m³ across Enfield 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 Enfield?
OpenStreetMap lists 62 supermarkets, 20 GP surgeries and 36 pharmacies in Enfield, and 74 public parks covering about 646 hectares. About 10% of the borough is in a conservation area, where outside changes usually need permission.
How deprived is Enfield?
The typical neighbourhood in Enfield 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 30% of the borough is in the most deprived fifth.
Which parts of Enfield score best?
The highest Liveability scores in Enfield are in Arnos Grove, Town and Southgate, and the lowest in Edmonton Green and Lower Edmonton. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnos Grove | 63 | 50 | 85 | 53 | 73 | 39 |
| Town | 62 | 40 | 60 | 83 | 56 | 60 |
| Southgate | 62 | 57 | 69 | 52 | 71 | 43 |
| New Southgate | 59 | 31 | 93 | 71 | 64 | 49 |
| Bush Hill Park | 57 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 42 | 69 |
| Southbury | 57 | 37 | 63 | 62 | 71 | 64 |
| Winchmore Hill | 57 | 60 | 45 | 44 | 74 | 39 |
| Carterhatch | 57 | 25 | 55 | 75 | 62 | 80 |
| Oakwood | 57 | 73 | 37 | 51 | 52 | 33 |
| Palmers Green | 56 | 33 | 63 | 76 | 59 | 48 |
| Grange Park | 56 | 65 | 52 | 50 | 33 | 30 |
| Bowes | 53 | 33 | 61 | 52 | 69 | 59 |
| Bullsmoor | 51 | 30 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 63 |
| Cockfosters | 49 | 91 | 19 | 11 | 41 | 15 |
| Haselbury | 49 | 33 | 54 | 36 | 51 | 62 |
| Enfield Lock | 48 | 47 | 34 | 50 | 71 | 37 |
| Highfield | 48 | 44 | 36 | 47 | 40 | 47 |
| Ponders End | 48 | 43 | 48 | 51 | 34 | 62 |
| Upper Edmonton | 48 | 14 | 75 | 60 | 42 | 47 |
| Brimsdown | 45 | 46 | 41 | 31 | 52 | 50 |
| Whitewebbs | 44 | 88 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 27 |
| Jubilee | 43 | 60 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 45 |
| Ridgeway | 42 | 96 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Edmonton Green | 41 | 17 | 49 | 44 | 61 | 46 |
| Lower Edmonton | 40 | 19 | 48 | 41 | 45 | 50 |
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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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