Schools
264 open schools are in scope, including 119 primary and 31 secondary schools. Hampstead School is the nearest published school at 309 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NW2 2RU
Cricklewood · Barnet · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Cricklewood
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green
- Postcode district
- NW2
- Postcode sector
- NW2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NW2 2RU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1984
- Postcode area
- NW
- Postcode district
- NW2
- Postcode sector
- NW2 2
- Latitude
- 51.556545
- Longitude
- -0.211284
- British National Grid easting
- 524,100
- British National Grid northing
- 185,700
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
- E00000684
- Lower layer super output area
- Barnet 041D · E01000143
- Middle layer super output area
- Barnet 041 · E02000064
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 264
- Primary
- 119
- Secondary
- 31
- 309 m
Hampstead School
Community school
- 427 m
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 509 m
Mapesbury School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,496
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,022
- Anti social behaviour 1,134
- Other theft 739
- Vehicle crime 697
- Shoplifting 583
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NW2 2 residents
- 7,977
Age bands in NW2 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.8%
1,510 residents
968 residents
2,706 residents
1,905 residents
952 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 1,165
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 296
- Latest available record date
- 4 September 2025
London Borough of Camden
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.
Latest available applications
- 2025/2589/P Date not supplied 822 m away
Erection of a two-storey dwelling house fronting Gondar Gardens to the rear of 12 Sarre Road. Provision of external amenity space, cycle storage and refuse & recycling facilities.
12 Sarre Road London Camden NW2 3SL
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/3297/P Date not supplied 960 m away
Erection of two additional storeys to create four new residential units (Class C3) and the erection of a lift shaft.
Mackellar House Burgess Hill London NW2 2DB
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/3438/P Date not supplied 822 m away
Erection of a rear infill extension, alternations to external windows and doors and new windows.
Ground Floor Flat 12 Sarre Road London NW2 3SL
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/3299/P Date not supplied 309 m away
Extensions and alterations to existing dwelling including a single storey side/rear extension, the erection of dormer windows to the side and rear roof slope and new rooflights to the front and rear elevations.
12 Rondu Road London NW2 3HA
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/1390/P Date not supplied 314 m away
Installation of an Air condenser unit to roof of the existing rear extension. Retrospective.
58 Cricklewood Broadway London NW2 3ET
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/3473/P Date not supplied 559 m away
Erection of a hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer extension, and installation of two rooflights on the front roofslope.
Flat B 5 Somali Road London NW2 3RN
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/2135/P Date not supplied 566 m away
Single storey rear ground floor extension
Flat A, 3 Somali Road London Camden NW2 3RN
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/2272/P Date not supplied 836 m away
Use of the premises as a school (Class F1(a))
85-87 Fordwych Road London NW2 3TL
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2025/2759/P Date not supplied 209 m away
Erection of a single-storey side and rear extension, hip-to-gable roof extension with rear dormer, and change of use from a mixed-use ground-floor two-bedroom flat (Class C3) and upper-floor HMO (Class C4) to a 10-unit HMO (Sui Generis) with a maximum occupancy of 10 people, including provision of cycle and refuse storage
11 Ebbsfleet Road London NW2 3NB
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2022/4584/P Date not supplied 566 m away
Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension and creation of an additional flat (C3)
Flat A 3 Somali Road London NW2 3RN
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2024/5312/P Date not supplied 475 m away
Change of use of day care centre (Class E(f)) to 9 residential flats (Class C3).
96 - 98 Shoot-Up Hill London NW2 3XJ
London Borough of Camden Registered - 2014/7919/P Date not supplied 964 m away
Change of use at basement level from retail (Class A1) to provide 1 residential (Class C3) unit ( 1 x 3 bed), enlargement of existing front lightwell, single storey rear extension at lower ground floor level and installation of rear rooflight at ground floor level and new double mansard to create additional bedroom to top floor flat.
58 Mill Lane London NW6 1NJ
London Borough of Camden Appeal Decided
Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.
GP practices
103
within 5 km straight-line
CHICHELE ROAD SURGERY
25 CHICHELE ROAD, CRICKLEWOOD, LONDON, NW2 3AN
ODS code E84674
393 m
CRICKLEWOOD GENERAL PRACTICE
7 OAKLANDS ROAD, CRICKLEWOOD, LONDON, NW2 6DJ
ODS code Y02986
438 m
WILLESDEN GREEN SURGERY
59 ANSON ROAD, LONDON, NW2 3UY
ODS code E84702
461 m
MAPESBURY MEDICAL GROUP
WINDMILL MEDICAL PRACTICE, 65 SHOOT UP HILL, LONDON, NW2 3PS
ODS code E84012
576 m
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
143-145 CRICKLEWOOD LANE, LONDON, NW2 1HS
ODS code E83006
631 m
WALM LANE SURGERY
114 WALM LANE, LONDON, NW2 4RT
ODS code E84086
896 m
GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP WEST HAMPSTEAD
80 FORTUNE GREEN ROAD, LONDON, NW6 1DS
ODS code F83050
1.0 km
CHOLMLEY GARDENS SURGERY
1 CHOLMLEY GARDENS, MILL LANE, LONDON, NW6 1AE
ODS code F83615
1.2 km
WEST HAMPSTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
SOLENT ROAD HEALTH CLINIC, 9 SOLENT ROAD, LONDON, NW6 1TP
ODS code F83055
1.3 km
PENNINE DRIVE PRACTICE
8 PENNINE DRIVE, HENDON, LONDON, NW2 1PA
ODS code E83025
1.3 km
OXGATE GARDENS SURGERY
81 OXGATE GARDENS, LONDON, NW2 6EA
ODS code E84076
1.4 km
THE HODFORD ROAD PRACTICE
73 HODFORD ROAD, LONDON, NW11 8NH
ODS code E83649
1.6 km
BRONDESBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
279 KILBURN HIGH ROAD, LONDON, NW6 7JQ
ODS code F83059
1.6 km
STAVERTON SURGERY
51 STAVERTON ROAD, LONDON, NW2 5HA
ODS code E84080
1.7 km
THE WILLESDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
144-150 HIGH ROAD, WILLESDEN, LONDON, NW10 2PT
ODS code E84021
1.9 km
RAVENSCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE
166-168 GOLDERS GREEN ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 8BB
ODS code E83039
2.2 km
THE LONSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
24 LONSDALE ROAD, LONDON, NW6 6RR
ODS code E84025
2.2 km
THE PRACTICE AT 188
188 GOLDERS GREEN ROAD, GOLDERS GREEN, LONDON, NW11 9AY
ODS code E83027
2.3 km
BURNLEY PRACTICE
ROBSON AVENUE, WILLESDEN, LONDON, NW10 3RY
ODS code Y00206
2.3 km
ROUNDWOOD PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
ROBSON AVENUE, LONDON, NW10 3RY
ODS code E84656
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 103 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Westcroft Way
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.1 miles
Westcroft Way
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.1 miles
Cricklewood Lane Cricklewood
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.1 miles
Cricklewood Lane Cricklewood
BCT · Cricklewood
- 0.1 miles
Cricklewood
RSE · Cricklewood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnet 041D, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,234 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
7,496 published events cover 12 months, averaging 624.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,022 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.