Maida Hill
Westminster 005 · 6 sub-areas · 12,116 residents
Maida Hill 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. 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 Maida Hill?
The area is unusually green for its density — 8 parks and 5 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; daytime amenity skews to cafés and bakeries (18 within five minutes' walk) rather than pubs and bars; 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 £3,122 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.
Maida Hill in Westminster
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Maida Hill?
- The median monthly rent across Maida Hill is £3,122.
- How safe is Maida Hill?
- Maida Hill 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 Maida Hill?
- 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 11 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Maida Hill?
- There are 57 schools within 2 km of Maida Hill, of which 49% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 311 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Maida Hill?
- The most common council tax band in Maida Hill is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,104. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Maida Hill to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Maida Hill to central London is approximately 11 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 Maida Hill?
- 100% of premises in Maida Hill are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Maida Hill?
- Maida Hill sits in IMD decile 2 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 Maida Hill?
- 19% of households in Maida Hill 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 Maida Hill?
- The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Maida Hill) 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 Maida Hill 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 Maida Hill?
- Maida Hill contains 6 local areas: Westminster 005F, Westminster 005C, Westminster 005B, Westminster 005E, Westminster 005D…
Frequently asked about Maida Hill
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Maida Hill?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Maida Hill 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 Maida Hill a safe place to live?
- Maida Hill has a safety score of 19/100. 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 Maida Hill?
- 49% of schools within 2 km of Maida Hill are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Maida Hill?
- Public-transport commute time from Maida Hill to central London is approximately 11 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Maida Hill different from the rest of Westminster?
- Maida Hill 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 Maida Hill rank in Westminster?
- Maida Hill scores 27/100 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.