Little Venice
Westminster 007 · 5 sub-areas · 9,516 residents
Little Venice is a workplace corner of Westminster — 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 rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay; 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 Little Venice?
The area is unusually green for its density — 5 parks and 3 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 49 restaurants and 7 pubs in five minutes; the cultural offer is one of the area's draws — dozens of theatres, museums and galleries within two kilometres; 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 £3,122 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.
Little Venice in Westminster
What you'll need on day one
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Little Venice?
- The median monthly rent across Little Venice is £3,122.
- How safe is Little Venice?
- Little Venice 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 Little Venice?
- 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 14 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Little Venice?
- There are 48 schools within 2 km of Little Venice, of which 55% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 255 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Little Venice?
- The most common council tax band in Little Venice is G, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,471. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Little Venice to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Little Venice to central London is approximately 14 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 Little Venice?
- 100% of premises in Little Venice are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Little Venice?
- Little Venice sits in IMD decile 7 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 Little Venice?
- 41% of households in Little Venice 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 Little Venice?
- The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Little Venice) is approximately £872,135, 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 Little Venice a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Workplace hub — there are more jobs in this area than working-age residents. (3.98 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £45,172.)
- Which local areas are part of Little Venice?
- Little Venice contains 5 local areas: Westminster 007H, Westminster 007B, Westminster 007A, Westminster 007E, Westminster 007D.
Frequently asked about Little Venice
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Little Venice?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Little Venice is £3,122. 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 Little Venice a safe place to live?
- Little Venice has a safety score of 73/100. 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 Little Venice?
- 55% of schools within 2 km of Little Venice are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Little Venice?
- Public-transport commute time from Little Venice to central London is approximately 14 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Little Venice different from the rest of Westminster?
- Little Venice contains 5 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 Little Venice rank in Westminster?
- Little Venice scores 72/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Westminster, see the Cities table on the Westminster page.