Westbourne
Westminster 010 · 5 sub-areas · 10,024 residents
Westbourne 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.
Overview
What's it like to live in Westbourne?
4 parks and 12 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; there's a serious food scene on the doorstep — 89 restaurants and 41 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 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Westbourne in Westminster
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Westbourne?
- The median monthly rent across Westbourne is £3,122.
- How safe is Westbourne?
- Westbourne 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 Westbourne?
- 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 17 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Westbourne?
- There are 54 schools within 2 km of Westbourne, of which 48% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 293 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Westbourne?
- The most common council tax band in Westbourne is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,025. Council tax is set by Westminster council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Westbourne to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Westbourne to central London is approximately 17 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 Westbourne?
- 100% of premises in Westbourne are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Westbourne?
- Westbourne 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 Westbourne?
- 17% of households in Westbourne 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 Westbourne?
- The average property price across Westminster (the local authority covering Westbourne) 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 Westbourne 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 Westbourne?
- Westbourne contains 5 local areas: Westminster 010B, Westminster 010F, Westminster 010A, Westminster 010C, Westminster 010G.
Frequently asked about Westbourne
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Westbourne?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Westbourne 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 Westbourne a safe place to live?
- Westbourne has a safety score of 20/100. 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 Westbourne?
- 48% of schools within 2 km of Westbourne are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Westbourne?
- Public-transport commute time from Westbourne to central London is approximately 17 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Westbourne different from the rest of Westminster?
- Westbourne 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 Westbourne rank in Westminster?
- Westbourne 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.