Paddington & St George's Fields
Westminster 015 · 6 sub-areas · 9,237 residents
Paddington & St George's Fields 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
2 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; there's a serious food scene on the doorstep — 140 restaurants and 40 distinct cuisines within a five-minute walk; 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.
Paddington & St George's Fields in Westminster
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Paddington & St George's Fields?
- The median monthly rent across Paddington & St George's Fields is £3,122.
- How safe is Paddington & St George's Fields?
- Paddington & St George's Fields 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
- 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
- There are 23 schools within 2 km of Paddington & St George's Fields, of which 64% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 636 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Paddington & St George's Fields?
- The most common council tax band in Paddington & St George's Fields is G, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,558. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Paddington & St George's Fields to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Paddington & St George's Fields 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
- 100% of premises in Paddington & St George's Fields are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Paddington & St George's Fields?
- Paddington & St George's Fields sits in IMD decile 5 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
- 29% of households in Paddington & St George's Fields 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
- The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Paddington & St George's Fields) 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 Paddington & St George's Fields 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
- Paddington & St George's Fields contains 6 local areas: Westminster 015F, Westminster 015C, Westminster 015B, Westminster 015E, Westminster 015A…
Frequently asked about Paddington & St George's Fields
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Paddington & St George's Fields?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Paddington & St George's Fields 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 Paddington & St George's Fields a safe place to live?
- Paddington & St George's Fields has a safety score of 15/100. 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 Paddington & St George's Fields?
- 64% of schools within 2 km of Paddington & St George's Fields are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Paddington & St George's Fields?
- Public-transport commute time from Paddington & St George's Fields to central London is approximately 6 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Paddington & St George's Fields different from the rest of Westminster?
- Paddington & St George's Fields 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 Paddington & St George's Fields rank in Westminster?
- Paddington & St George's Fields scores 29/100 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.