Angel
Islington 020 · 6 sub-areas · 10,678 residents
Angel is a workplace corner of Islington — daytime population swells with commuters, the streetscape leans busy and built-up rather than residential, and most residents who do live here rent rather than own. The population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Overview
What's it like to live in Angel?
The area is unusually green for its density — 10 parks and 10 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; there's a serious food scene on the doorstep — 106 restaurants and 32 distinct cuisines within a five-minute walk; the cultural offer is one of the area's draws — dozens of theatres, museums and galleries within two kilometres; 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 £2,763 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Angel in Islington
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Angel?
- The median monthly rent across Angel is £2,763.
- How safe is Angel?
- Angel has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Angel?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 10 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Angel?
- There are 57 schools within 2 km of Angel, of which 32% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 978 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Angel?
- The most common council tax band in Angel is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,685. Council tax is set by Islington council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Angel to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Angel to central London is approximately 10 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Angel?
- 100% of premises in Angel are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Angel?
- Angel sits in IMD decile 5 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Angel?
- 32% of households in Angel are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Angel?
- The average property price across Islington (the local authority covering Angel) is approximately £683,506, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Angel a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Workplace hub — there are more jobs in this area than working-age residents. (1.22 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £47,411.)
- Which local areas are part of Angel?
- Angel contains 6 local areas: Islington 020D, Islington 020B, Islington 020A, Islington 020G, Islington 020C…
Frequently asked about Angel
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Angel?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Angel is £2,763. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Angel a safe place to live?
- Angel has a safety score of 18/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Angel?
- 32% of schools within 2 km of Angel are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Angel?
- Public-transport commute time from Angel to central London is approximately 10 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Angel different from the rest of Islington?
- Angel contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Angel rank in Islington?
- Angel scores 13/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Islington, see the Cities table on the Islington page.