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Brent
Local Authority · London, England · population ~328k · 91 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, cheap to earn in. Brent's median house price is 13.6 times median annual pay, a multiple higher than 95% of England authorities, and rent consumes a steep 57.8% of gross median earnings. This cost is set against weekly pay of £786.20, which ranks 31 of 32 in London. Crime and deprivation are also above the London median, and school quality, while high at 97.3% of pupils in Good or Outstanding places, falls below the regional average. This is a place for those prioritising London access over affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Brent ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£40,882/yr
High
Better than 63% of UK LAs
House price
£555,000
Very expensive
Worse than 96% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,969/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 96% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,235/yr
Cheapest
Better than 89% of UK LAs
Crime
90.0/1k
High
Worse than 74% of UK LAs
Deprivation
25.6
High
Worse than 75% of UK LAs
Schools
95.5%
Strong
Better than 70% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
90 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
85 of 89 (95.5%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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91 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 91 schools, sortable and filterable.
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