Schools
219 open schools are in scope, including 109 primary and 26 secondary schools. Mapledown School is the nearest published school at 496 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NW2 1AL
Cricklewood · Barnet · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- Cricklewood
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green
- Postcode district
- NW2
- Postcode sector
- NW2 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NW2 1AL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 January 2008
- Postcode area
- NW
- Postcode district
- NW2
- Postcode sector
- NW2 1
- Latitude
- 51.570221
- Longitude
- -0.223648
- British National Grid easting
- 523,206
- British National Grid northing
- 187,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Barnet · E09000003
- Electoral ward
- Cricklewood · E05013634
- Parish or community
- E43000193
- Westminster constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green · E14001238
- Output area
- E00001079
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnet 039B · E01000221
- Middle layer super output area
- Barnet 039 · E02000062
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NW2
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1, Claremont Way Industrial Estate, London, NW2 1AL | 9 July 2020 | £1,500,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 219
- Primary
- 109
- Secondary
- 26
- 496 m
Mapledown School
Community special school
- 499 m
Clarion
Academy converter
- 653 m
Claremont Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,260
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,708
- Anti social behaviour 866
- Shoplifting 760
- Vehicle crime 617
- Other theft 530
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NW2 1 residents
- 9,521
Age bands in NW2 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.1%
1,808 residents
1,181 residents
2,859 residents
2,331 residents
1,026 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
82
within 5 km straight-line
OXGATE GARDENS SURGERY
81 OXGATE GARDENS, LONDON, NW2 6EA
ODS code E84076
699 m
PENNINE DRIVE PRACTICE
8 PENNINE DRIVE, HENDON, LONDON, NW2 1PA
ODS code E83025
1.0 km
DR AZIM & PARTNERS
67 ELLIOT ROAD, HENDON, LONDON, NW4 3EB
ODS code Y03664
1.1 km
THE PRACTICE AT 188
188 GOLDERS GREEN ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 9AY
ODS code E83027
1.5 km
RAVENSCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE
166-168 GOLDERS GREEN ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 8BB
ODS code E83039
1.6 km
CRICKLEWOOD GENERAL PRACTICE
7 OAKLANDS ROAD, CRICKLEWOOD, LONDON, NW2 6DJ
ODS code Y02986
1.6 km
HENDON WAY SURGERY
215 WEST HENDON BROADWAY, LONDON, NW9 7DG
ODS code Y03663
1.6 km
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
143-145 CRICKLEWOOD LANE, LONDON, NW2 1HS
ODS code E83006
1.6 km
THE HODFORD ROAD PRACTICE
73 HODFORD ROAD, LONDON, NW11 8NH
ODS code E83649
1.7 km
CHICHELE ROAD SURGERY
25 CHICHELE ROAD, CRICKLEWOOD, LONDON, NW2 3AN
ODS code E84674
1.8 km
THE PHOENIX PRACTICE
7 BRAMPTON GROVE, HENDON, LONDON, NW4 4AE
ODS code E83653
1.9 km
WILLESDEN GREEN SURGERY
59 ANSON ROAD, LONDON, NW2 3UY
ODS code E84702
1.9 km
DRS ADLER AND ROSENBERG
682 FINCHLEY ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 7NP
ODS code E83600
2.0 km
GLADSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
5 DOLLIS HILL LANE, LONDON, NW2 6JH
ODS code E84036
2.0 km
ST. GEORGES MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK HILL HOUSE, 9 DOLLIS HILL LANE, LONDON, NW2 6JH
ODS code E84704
2.0 km
NEASDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
21 TANFIELD AVENUE, NEASDEN, LONDON, NW2 7SA
ODS code E84665
2.0 km
PHGH DOCTORS
TEMPLE FORTUNE HEALTH CENTRE, 23 TEMPLE FORTUNE LANE, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 7TE
ODS code E83009
2.2 km
TEMPLE FORTUNE MEDICAL GROUP
THE TEMPLE FORTUNE HEALTH CENTRE, 23 TEMPLE FORTUNE LANE, LONDON, NW11 7TE
ODS code E83622
2.2 km
WALM LANE SURGERY
114 WALM LANE, LONDON, NW2 4RT
ODS code E84086
2.2 km
MAPESBURY MEDICAL GROUP
WINDMILL MEDICAL PRACTICE, 65 SHOOT UP HILL, LONDON, NW2 3PS
ODS code E84012
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 82 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Brent Cross West Station / Arbour Street
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.1 miles
Brent Cross West Station / Arbour Street
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.1 miles
Brent Cross West Station
RSE · Brent Cross
- 0.1 miles
Brent Cross West Station
RLY · Brent Cross
- 0.2 miles
Tilling Road
BCT · West Hendon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnet 039B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,126 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,260 published events cover 12 months, averaging 521.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,708 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.