Maida Vale
Westminster 006 · 5 sub-areas · 7,931 residents
Maida Vale 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 Maida Vale?
The area is unusually green for its density — 7 parks and 8 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; daytime amenity skews to cafés and bakeries (19 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; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; 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.
Maida Vale in Westminster
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Maida Vale?
- The median monthly rent across Maida Vale is £3,122.
- How safe is Maida Vale?
- Maida Vale 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 Vale?
- 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 Maida Vale?
- There are 57 schools within 2 km of Maida Vale, of which 52% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 340 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Maida Vale?
- The most common council tax band in Maida Vale is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,183. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Maida Vale to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Maida Vale 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 Maida Vale?
- 100% of premises in Maida Vale are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Maida Vale?
- Maida Vale sits in IMD decile 4 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 Vale?
- 31% of households in Maida Vale 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 Vale?
- The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Maida Vale) 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 Vale 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 Vale?
- Maida Vale contains 5 local areas: Westminster 006C, Westminster 006E, Westminster 006A, Westminster 006D, Westminster 006B.
Frequently asked about Maida Vale
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Maida Vale?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Maida Vale 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 Vale a safe place to live?
- Maida Vale has a safety score of 56/100. 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 Vale?
- 52% of schools within 2 km of Maida Vale are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Maida Vale?
- Public-transport commute time from Maida Vale to central London is approximately 14 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Maida Vale different from the rest of Westminster?
- Maida Vale 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 Maida Vale rank in Westminster?
- Maida Vale scores 45/100 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.