What is the average rent in Richmond upon Thames?

The median monthly rent across Richmond upon Thames is £2,302, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.

Where is the cheapest place to rent in Richmond upon Thames?

The cheapest neighbourhood in Richmond upon Thames by estimated median rent is Nursery Lands & Hampton North at approximately £1,875/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.

What's the best neighbourhood to live in Richmond upon Thames?

By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Richmond upon Thames is East Sheen North at 73/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.

Is Richmond upon Thames a safe area?

Richmond upon Thames has an average safety score of 73/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.

What is council tax in Richmond upon Thames?

The most common council tax band in Richmond upon Thames is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £1,976. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Richmond upon Thames.

What is the average salary in Richmond upon Thames?

The median annual resident salary in Richmond upon Thames is £46,594, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Richmond upon Thames, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.

What is the average house price in Richmond upon Thames?

The average property price in Richmond upon Thames is approximately £796,950 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.

What's the rental yield in Richmond upon Thames?

Gross rental yield in Richmond upon Thames is approximately 3.6% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.

How long does it take to save a deposit in Richmond upon Thames?

Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 7.7 years in Richmond upon Thames. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.

Is gigabit broadband available in Richmond upon Thames?

100% of premises in Richmond upon Thames are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.

What's the unemployment rate in Richmond upon Thames?

2.6% of 16-64 residents in Richmond upon Thames are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).

How many neighbourhoods are in Richmond upon Thames?

Richmond upon Thames contains 23 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 115 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.

City · London

Living in Richmond upon Thames

23 neighbourhoods · 115 sub-areas

Updated May 2026

Where on the UK

Crime vs nat. avg

0.63× nat.

37% below nat. avg · 63.7 / 1k / yr · #159 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Good schools

100%

#1 of 296 cities

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

Commute to hub

8 min

#7 of 318 cities

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

Jobs density

0.42

#164 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Avg rent

£2,302/mo

+6.4% YoY · #304 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

£255/mo

Estimated (Band D)

MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026

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Neighbourhoods in Richmond upon Thames

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

23 neighbourhoods · 115 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.


Nursery Lands & Hampton North	£1,875	+6.4%	41	67
Hampton Wick & Teddington East	£1,879	+6.4%	68	79
Heathfield	£1,925	+6.4%	34	69
Whitton	£1,993	+6.4%	37	72
Twickenham Marble Hill	£2,044	+6.4%	59	88
Teddington Central	£2,068	+6.4%	60	76
Twickenham West	£2,102	+6.4%	72	91
Twickenham North	£2,117	+6.4%	40	74
Twickenham Town	£2,147	+6.4%	38	42
Teddington North	£2,213	+6.4%	65	85
Ham	£2,231	+6.4%	19	69
Hampton Village	£2,233	+6.4%	63	78
Hampton Hill	£2,242	+6.4%	70	89
North Sheen	£2,247	+6.4%	29	68
St Margarets	£2,333	+6.4%	69	93
Strawberry Hill	£2,348	+6.4%	73	89
Queen's Road	£2,428	+6.4%	31	74
Richmond Central	£2,468	+6.4%	52	86
Kew Gardens	£2,500	+6.4%	46	85
East Sheen North	£2,700	+6.4%	73	91
Mortlake & South Barnes	£2,746	+6.4%	46	75
Richmond Park, Sheen Gate & Petersham	£3,080	+6.4%	23	77
North Barnes	£3,133	+6.4%	21	72

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Richmond upon Thames

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Richmond upon Thames. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

Top 5 best value

Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Richmond upon Thames median.

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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Richmond upon Thames.

Avg rent

£2,302/mo

#304 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

£255/mo

MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026

Sale price

£708,750

-1.9% YoY

HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025

Yrs to deposit

7.7 yr

Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability

council-area level rent by bedroom

ONS PIPR median for the council area

1 bed£1,708/mo

2 bed£2,191/mo

3 bed£2,644/mo

4 bed£3,871/mo

Sale price by property type

HMLR HPI average

Detached£1,751,295

Semi-detached£1,172,742

Terraced£908,287

Flat£487,420

Affordability

Price-to-earnings15.4×

Rent / take-home59%

Council tax (estimated, full council area)£3,065/yr

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£3,788/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Richmond upon Thames

Crime in Richmond upon Thames runs at 37% below the national average. Above median (#159 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 63.7, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr

63.7

#159 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Violent / 1k / yr

14.8

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Burglary / 1k / yr

4.2

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

ASB / 1k / yr

13.4

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area

All crime categories

incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low

Violent & sexual offences

14.8

Anti-social behaviour

13.4

Vehicle crime

7.3

Burglary

4.2

Other theft

4.2

Criminal damage & arson

3.7

Public order

3.3

Shoplifting

2.6

Drugs

2.2

Bicycle theft

1.6

Theft from the person

1.2

Robbery

1.2

Other crime

1.1

Possession of weapons

0.7

Safest neighbourhoods in Richmond upon Thames

by safety score (higher = safer)

St Margarets93/100

Twickenham West91/100

East Sheen North91/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Richmond upon Thames

100% of schools serving Richmond upon Thames are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding

100%

#1 of 296 cities

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

Outstanding only

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

Good w/in 2 km

42%

#70 of 318 cities

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Schools rated

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools

Ofsted rating distribution

Good100%

Outstanding (count)0

Good (count)1

Requires improvement0

Inadequate0

Best neighbourhoods for schools in Richmond upon Thames

by school score

Twickenham Town96/100

Mortlake & South Barnes96/100

Heathfield95/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Richmond upon Thames

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub

8 min

#7 of 318 cities

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

To London

8 min

Median across local areas

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

To Birmingham

109 min

Median across local areas

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

To Bristol

111 min

Median across local areas

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods

Commute to major UK cities

public transport, off-peak typical

London

8 min

Birmingham

109 min

Bristol

111 min

Cardiff

132 min

Sheffield

152 min

Manchester

159 min

Leeds

163 min

Liverpool

169 min

Edinburgh

277 min

Glasgow

304 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021, mode share

Car16%Public11%Active10%WFH61%

Best-connected neighbourhoods in Richmond upon Thames

by transport score

Strawberry Hill98/100

Twickenham Town97/100

East Sheen North97/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Richmond upon Thames

Richmond upon Thames has 0.42 jobs per resident locally. Below median

Jobs per resident

0.42

#164 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Drive to 5,000+ jobs

13 min

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

PT to 5,000+ jobs

23 min

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

5y jobs growth

+2.9%

ONS Jobs Density · 2024

Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area

Reachable jobs by mode

Drive — 100 jobs6 min

PT — 100 jobs5 min

Drive — 500 jobs7 min

PT — 500 jobs7 min

Drive — 5,000 jobs13 min

PT — 5,000 jobs23 min

Local job mix by sector

ONS BRES, % of local jobs

Retail & hospitality

22.2%

Professional & business svcs

14.5%

Education

12.5%

Health & social care

9.5%

Tech & ICT

8.0%

Construction

2.7%

Finance & insurance

1.6%

Manufacturing

1.5%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Richmond upon Thames

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Richmond upon Thames?: The median monthly rent across Richmond upon Thames is £2,302, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Richmond upon Thames?: The cheapest neighbourhood in Richmond upon Thames by estimated median rent is Nursery Lands & Hampton North at approximately £1,875/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Richmond upon Thames?: By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Richmond upon Thames is East Sheen North at 73/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Richmond upon Thames a safe area?: Richmond upon Thames has an average safety score of 73/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Richmond upon Thames?: The most common council tax band in Richmond upon Thames is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £1,976. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Richmond upon Thames.
What is the average salary in Richmond upon Thames?: The median annual resident salary in Richmond upon Thames is £46,594, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Richmond upon Thames, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Richmond upon Thames?: The average property price in Richmond upon Thames is approximately £796,950 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Richmond upon Thames?: Gross rental yield in Richmond upon Thames is approximately 3.6% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Richmond upon Thames?: Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 7.7 years in Richmond upon Thames. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Richmond upon Thames?: 100% of premises in Richmond upon Thames are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Richmond upon Thames?: 2.6% of 16-64 residents in Richmond upon Thames are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Richmond upon Thames?: Richmond upon Thames contains 23 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 115 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.

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All sub-areas in Richmond upon Thames

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

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