Regent's Park
Westminster 008 · 4 sub-areas · 6,456 residents
Regent's Park 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 population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Overview
What's it like to live in Regent's Park?
3 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; there's a serious food scene on the doorstep — 112 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 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Regent's Park in Westminster
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Regent's Park?
- The median monthly rent across Regent's Park is £3,122.
- How safe is Regent's Park?
- Regent's Park 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 Regent's Park?
- 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 5 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Regent's Park?
- There are 26 schools within 2 km of Regent's Park, of which 58% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 498 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Regent's Park?
- The most common council tax band in Regent's Park is G, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,548. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Regent's Park to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Regent's Park to central London is approximately 5 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 Regent's Park?
- 100% of premises in Regent's Park are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Regent's Park?
- Regent's Park 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 Regent's Park?
- 38% of households in Regent's Park 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 Regent's Park?
- The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Regent's Park) 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 Regent's Park 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 Regent's Park?
- Regent's Park contains 4 local areas: Westminster 008A, Westminster 008C, Westminster 008B, Westminster 008D.
Frequently asked about Regent's Park
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Regent's Park?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Regent's Park 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 Regent's Park a safe place to live?
- Regent's Park has a safety score of 11/100. 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 Regent's Park?
- 58% of schools within 2 km of Regent's Park are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Regent's Park?
- Public-transport commute time from Regent's Park to central London is approximately 5 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Regent's Park different from the rest of Westminster?
- Regent's Park 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 Regent's Park rank in Westminster?
- Regent's Park scores 24/100 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.