What's the median rent in Strand, St James & Mayfair?

The median monthly rent across Strand, St James & Mayfair is £3,122.

How well-connected is Strand, St James & Mayfair?

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 8 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Strand, St James & Mayfair?

There are 21 schools within 2 km of Strand, St James & Mayfair, of which 39% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1183 m away.

What is the council tax band in Strand, St James & Mayfair?

The most common council tax band in Strand, St James & Mayfair is H, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,616. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Strand, St James & Mayfair to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Strand, St James & Mayfair to central London is approximately 8 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?

100% of premises in Strand, St James & Mayfair are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Strand, St James & Mayfair?

Strand, St James & Mayfair sits in IMD decile 6 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?

27% of households in Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?

The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Strand, St James & Mayfair) 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?

Strand, St James & Mayfair contains 4 local areas: Westminster 018A, Westminster 018B, Westminster 018D, Westminster 018C.

What is the average rent in Strand, St James & Mayfair?

The estimated median monthly rent in Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair a safe place to live?

Strand, St James & Mayfair has a safety score of 0/100. 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?

39% of schools within 2 km of Strand, St James & Mayfair are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Strand, St James & Mayfair?

Public-transport commute time from Strand, St James & Mayfair to central London is approximately 8 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Strand, St James & Mayfair different from the rest of Westminster?

Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair rank in Westminster?

Strand, St James & Mayfair scores 4/100 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.

Neighbourhood · Westminster · London

Strand, St James & Mayfair

Westminster 018 · 4 sub-areas · 7,027 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Young professionals (89/100)Watch-out: Couples (33/100)Liveability 4/100 · Bottom 10%Workplace hub

Strand, St James & Mayfair 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.

Median rent

£3,122-4.7%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

3041.9

Bottom 10%

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

8 min

Direct to London

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

39%

21 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

4/100

Bottom 10%

Population

7,027

4 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Strand, St James & Mayfair?

A snapshot of Strand, St James & Mayfair

The area is unusually green for its density — 7 parks sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; there's a serious food scene on the doorstep — 622 restaurants and 81 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.

Strand, St James & Mayfair in Westminster

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £3,122 a month — 184% above the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band H.

Median rentCouncil area

£3,122/mo

Down 4.7% on last year

+£2,022 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£3,257/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,616/yr · £135/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

13.8 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

+177% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £3,224/mo · £1,612/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£2,483/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£3,224/mo£1,612/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£3,797/mo£1,266/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£5,320/mo£1,330/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£2,887/mo

Terraced house£3,725/mo

Semi-detached£2,853/mo

Detached house£2,841/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

104%

of take-home

£3,122/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moA stretch

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

54%

of take-home

£1,612/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moA stretch

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

42%

of take-home

£1,266/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moTight but workable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

52%

of take-home

£1,561/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moA stretch

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£6,584/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£1,251,250

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£872,135-12.7% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£6,584/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)3.1%

Years to save 10% deposit13.8 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £1,050/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£1,050/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,616/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B17%

Households in fuel poverty7.4%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Strand, St James & Mayfair?

Safety scores 0/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 30.3× the national average (3041.9 per 1,000 residents per year).

ContextRates are per resident. As a major workday and tourist destination, the daytime population here is much larger than the resident base — so the per-resident figure overstates a typical resident's exposure.

Crime / 1k / yr

3041.9

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 388 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

0/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

6/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

458.2 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

367.7 /1k

Public order

132.5 /1k

Vehicle crime

94.8 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

69.6 /1k

Burglary

58.5 /1k

Other theft

607.3 /1k

Shoplifting

195.3 /1k

Drugs

74.7 /1k

Theft from the person

847.0 /1k

Possession of weapons

10.9 /1k

Robbery

149.0 /1k

Bicycle theft

25.2 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Strand, St James & Mayfair

Strong transport links — 93/100; nearest rail station is London Charing Cross at around 648 m; 100 bus stops within five minutes' walk; London is reachable in 8 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

93/100

Best 10%

Best hub commute

8 min

Direct to London

WFH share

57%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

London Charing Cross

648 m walk · 8 min to London

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Green Park

314 m walk · Jubilee,Piccadilly,Victoria

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: London in 8 min

London

8 min

Manchesterapprox

138 min

Birminghamapprox

88 min

Leedsapprox

141 min

Liverpoolapprox

148 min

Bristolapprox

96 min

Sheffieldapprox

130 min

Edinburghapprox

255 min

Glasgowapprox

283 min

Cardiffapprox

117 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)57% work from home

Drive5%Public transport14%Walk / cycle19%Work from home57%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Strand, St James & Mayfair

21 schools within a 2 km radius; around 39% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, The Grey Coat Hospital, is around 1428 m away.

School scoreHow? →

84/100

Top quartile

Schools within 2 km

8 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

39%

Of all schools within 2 km

−31.4 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

The Grey Coat Hospital

1.4 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	1.2 km
St Matthew's School, Westminster	Voluntary Aided School	Good	1.3 km
The Grey Coat Hospital	Academy Converter	Outstanding	1.4 km
London Nautical, City of London Academy	Academy Sponsor Led	Requires improvement	1.7 km
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Outstanding	1.8 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Strand, St James & Mayfair?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs47≤ 500 m
Bars45≤ 500 m
Restaurants622≤ 500 m
Cafés95≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety81≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas20≤ 2 km
Theatres80≤ 2 km
Museums44≤ 2 km
Galleries91≤ 2 km
Nightclubs25≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets9≤ 500 m
Libraries5≤ 500 m
Parks7≤ 500 m
Playgrounds0≤ 500 m
Gyms15≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)100≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)100≤ 1 km
Rail stations3≤ 500 m
Tube entrances16≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Strand, St James & Mayfair right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

36/100

Not ideal

Schools (39% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

89/100

Great fit

Transport scores 93/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises; degree-educated peers make up 58% of adults.

See transport ranking →

Couples

33/100

Not ideal

Rent, safety, or liveability falls below what most couples prioritise — worth comparing against nearby neighbourhoods.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

70/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~353 m, hospital ~1.1 km), greenspace is walkable, and 12% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

52/100

Mixed

Yield, growth, or rental demand are weak relative to peers — better-fitting BTL areas exist nearby.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

77/100

Great fit

Private-rental stock is deep (54% PRS), 55% of households are single-person, and transit is on the doorstep.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: young-skewing population (37% aged 18–34), active rental market (54% privately rented), 58% degree-educated.

Age profile

Under 1810%18–3437%35–4921%50–6419%65+12%

Tenure

Owned27%Private rent54%Social rent20%

Households

One person55%Couple with children6%Lone parent6%Other10%

Property types

Flat94%Terraced4%Semi-detached1%Detached1%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 59/100

Ethnic group

White59%Asian22%Black3%Mixed6%Other6%

Country of birth

UK-born42%Born outside UK58%

Religion

Christian38%Muslim10%No religion38%Other8%

Education and health58% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)58.5%+25.0 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications11.1%

Self-rated good or very good health88.4%

Self-rated bad or very bad health3.1%

Disabled (Equality Act)10.9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

workplace hub — more jobs locally than working-age residents (3.98 jobs per resident); median resident salary £45,172/year; 4.1% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£45,172/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

6.6%

ONS ILO method — 60% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

866,000

3.98 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 6.6% · 60% economically active · 40% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 6.6% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed56%Unemployed4%Inactive40%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 4.1% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

5.1%

Retail & hospitality

20.6%

Education

4.6%

Manufacturing

0.6%

Professional

15.7%

Construction

2.2%

Tech & ICT

12.4%

Finance

7.9%

Net commute flow: +813,267 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Strand, St James & Mayfair

4 sub-areas and 200+ postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Transport
Westminster 018A	£3,122	7	95	View →
Westminster 018B	£3,122	4	95	View →
Westminster 018D	£3,122	5	92	View →
Westminster 018C	£3,122	2	86	View →

Postcodes covered

In Westminster 018B

EC4A 2AH EC4A 2LT EC4Y 9BS EC4Y 9BW EC4Y 9DH

In Westminster 018C

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In Westminster 018A

SW1Y 4AJ SW1Y 4DP SW1Y 4EH SW1Y 4EL

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What's the median rent in Strand, St James & Mayfair?: The median monthly rent across Strand, St James & Mayfair is £3,122.
How safe is Strand, St James & Mayfair?: Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?: 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 8 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Strand, St James & Mayfair?: There are 21 schools within 2 km of Strand, St James & Mayfair, of which 39% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1183 m away.
What is the council tax band in Strand, St James & Mayfair?: The most common council tax band in Strand, St James & Mayfair is H, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,616. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Strand, St James & Mayfair to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Strand, St James & Mayfair to central London is approximately 8 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?: 100% of premises in Strand, St James & Mayfair are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Strand, St James & Mayfair?: Strand, St James & Mayfair sits in IMD decile 6 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?: 27% of households in Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?: The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Strand, St James & Mayfair) 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?: Strand, St James & Mayfair contains 4 local areas: Westminster 018A, Westminster 018B, Westminster 018D, Westminster 018C.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Strand, St James & Mayfair

Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.

What is the average rent in Strand, St James & Mayfair?: The estimated median monthly rent in Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair a safe place to live?: Strand, St James & Mayfair has a safety score of 0/100. 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair?: 39% of schools within 2 km of Strand, St James & Mayfair are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Strand, St James & Mayfair?: Public-transport commute time from Strand, St James & Mayfair to central London is approximately 8 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Strand, St James & Mayfair different from the rest of Westminster?: Strand, St James & Mayfair 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 Strand, St James & Mayfair rank in Westminster?: Strand, St James & Mayfair scores 4/100 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.

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