Lower Edmonton North
Enfield 023 · 5 sub-areas · 9,684 residents
Enfield 023 is a residential patch of the London Borough of Enfield, home to around 9,700 people. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £1,710 a month — noticeably below central London rates but reflecting rents that rose around 4% in the past year. With nearly half its households in private renting, it's one of the more renter-heavy corners of outer north London.
Lower Edmonton North is a commuter neighbourhood within Enfield — train into London runs in around 13 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Overview
What's it like to live in Lower Edmonton North?
2 parks and 4 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 14 restaurants and 2 pubs in five minutes; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £1,770 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Lower Edmonton North in Enfield
Living in Lower Edmonton North
This part of Enfield sits firmly in outer north London commuter territory — the kind of area where families outnumber young singles, streets are mostly residential, and the pace is quieter than inner zones. Around 28% of residents are under 18, which is on the higher end for London, and that's visible in the school run traffic and the number of family-sized homes on the market.
On rent, Enfield 023 sits in the more affordable bracket of the capital. A two-bedroom flat averages around £1,710 a month — roughly 40% less than you'd pay in equivalent central London neighbourhoods, and still well above the UK national median of around £1,200. That gap reflects what most of outer London looks like: genuinely cheaper than the inner zones, but not cheap by any national standard. One-bedroom flats average around £1,380, and three-bedroom houses come in at about £2,030.
The population is notably mixed — an ethnic diversity index of 73.2 and just under half of residents born in the UK point to a genuinely international community. Tenure is split fairly evenly between private renters (around 42%) and owner-occupiers (around 40%), with a social housing component of roughly 16%. It's not a transient area — the owner-occupier share suggests a reasonable proportion of settled, longer-term residents — but private renting is clearly the dominant mode.
Deprivation scores here are high; the IMD decile of 1.4 places this among the more deprived neighbourhoods in England, which is worth knowing when weighing up the affordability picture against local service quality. The rail station is roughly a kilometre away, putting central London around 13 minutes away by public transport — that connectivity is probably the single biggest asset. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on how the neighbourhood breaks down.
What you'll need on day one
Compare Lower Edmonton North with
Frequently asked
- Is Enfield 023 a nice place to live?
- It depends what you're after. It's a quieter, family-oriented outer London neighbourhood with good rail links into the city centre and rents noticeably below inner London levels. The trade-off is a higher-than-average crime rate and deprivation scores that place it in the bottom decile nationally — worth researching street-by-street before committing.
- What is the rent in Enfield 023?
- A one-bedroom flat averages around £1,380 a month, a two-bedroom around £1,710, and a three-bedroom roughly £2,030. These are estimates scaled from council-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose around 4% in the past year.
- Is Enfield 023 safe?
- Crime runs at around 124 incidents per 1,000 residents per year — above the UK national rate of roughly 80. That's a meaningful difference. The area's high deprivation score is a contributing factor. It's not unusually dangerous by outer London standards, but it's not a low-crime neighbourhood either.
- What's the commute from Enfield 023 to central London?
- Around 13 minutes by public transport to the nearest major employment hub — one of the better outer London connections. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly a kilometre away, about a 13-minute walk. There's no tube or underground service within practical distance.
- Who lives in Enfield 023?
- Predominantly families — over a quarter of residents are under 18, and nearly 20% of households are couples with children. The community is internationally mixed, with fewer than half of residents UK-born. Tenure is split roughly equally between private renters and owner-occupiers, with around 16% in social housing.
- What schools are near Enfield 023?
- There are 115 schools within 2 kilometres. Around 63% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — below the national average of around 89%, so quality varies more than in some areas. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is under 900 metres away, so top-rated provision is still within easy reach.
- How affordable is buying a home in Enfield 023?
- The median sale price is around £384,000. At local earnings, saving a deposit takes roughly 5.5 years — demanding, but more realistic than many parts of inner London. Around 40% of residents already own their home, which is a reasonable ownership rate for outer London.