Queen's Road
Richmond upon Thames 006 · 4 sub-areas · 6,365 residents
Queen's Road is a commuter neighbourhood within Richmond upon Thames — train into London runs in around 6 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. A high share of adults are degree-educated, which often shows up in the kind of jobs people commute to.
Overview
What's it like to live in Queen's Road?
The area is unusually green for its density — 6 parks and 1 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 39 restaurants and 3 pubs in five minutes; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; 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 £2,302 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Queen's Road in Richmond upon Thames
What you'll need on day one
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Queen's Road?
- The median monthly rent across Queen's Road is £2,302.
- How safe is Queen's Road?
- Queen's Road 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 Queen's Road?
- 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 6 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Queen's Road?
- There are 13 schools within 2 km of Queen's Road, of which 45% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 550 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Queen's Road?
- The most common council tax band in Queen's Road is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £3,166. Council tax is set by Richmond upon Thames council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Queen's Road to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Queen's Road to central London is approximately 6 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 Queen's Road?
- 100% of premises in Queen's Road are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Queen's Road?
- Queen's Road sits in IMD decile 8 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 Queen's Road?
- 52% of households in Queen's Road 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 Queen's Road?
- The average property price across Richmond upon Thames (the local authority covering Queen's Road) is approximately £796,950, 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 Queen's Road a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.42 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £46,594.)
- Which local areas are part of Queen's Road?
- Queen's Road contains 4 local areas: Richmond upon Thames 006A, Richmond upon Thames 006B, Richmond upon Thames 006C, Richmond upon Thames 006D.
Frequently asked about Queen's Road
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Queen's Road?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Queen's Road is £2,302. 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 Queen's Road a safe place to live?
- Queen's Road has a safety score of 74/100. 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 Queen's Road?
- 45% of schools within 2 km of Queen's Road are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Queen's Road?
- Public-transport commute time from Queen's Road to central London is approximately 6 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Queen's Road different from the rest of Richmond upon Thames?
- Queen's Road contains 4 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 Queen's Road rank in Richmond upon Thames?
- Queen's Road scores 31/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Richmond upon Thames, see the Cities table on the Richmond upon Thames page.