Locatio London
Brent · London

Cricklewood — is it a good place to live?

Cricklewood offers local state schools that inspect well — the trade-off is green space, where the walk to a real park is longer than is typical for the city.

Overall: below the London average on the six things we score

How Cricklewood scores

vs the rest of London

Village character
measures a walkable local centre, not leafiness
Below average
Independent scene
the independent share of local shops and cafés
Well below average
Quiet streets
measured road traffic near the centre
Well below average
Green space
walk time to a sizeable public green space — size beyond that isn't scored
Well below average
Culture & leisure
cultural and leisure venues within reach
Below average
Schools
state-school inspections only — private schools are never scored
Very good

Every band is relative to other London areas — a high band means quieter or greener than most of London, not quiet or green in absolute terms. How we score.

Trade-offs

Further trade-offs: traffic: its streets measure busier than most of London's, though this varies sharply street to street; the independent scene, which runs thinner here than across the city; and village feel, which this area does not score as having.

The nearest station is Cricklewood (National Rail), a short walk from the area's centre.

Who Cricklewood suits

Free above · sign in below

See Cricklewood street by street

Scores vary road by road. The tool shows how each street compares — and lets you set your own weightings and re-rank every London area around your priorities.

Open the tool →

Free account · no listings, no spam — just the numbers.

Nearby areas

Willesden Brondesbury Fortune Green Golders Green

Cricklewood Q&A

Is Cricklewood a quiet area?

By London standards, no — measured road traffic puts Cricklewood's quiet-streets score near the bottom of the citywide spread. Quieter pockets exist; the tool's street-by-street view estimates how each road compares, to help narrow the search.

Is Cricklewood good for families?

On schools evidence, it starts well: every local state school inspected so far is rated Good or better. The walk to green space is on the long side by London standards — worth weighing for a family move.

Which station serves Cricklewood?

The nearest station is Cricklewood (National Rail), a short walk from the area's centre.

Built on official data — HM Land Registry, police.uk, TfL, Ofsted/DfE, DfT, ONS and more; latest release of each source. Scores generated 20 July 2026 from the Locatio London dataset. Built by two Londoners who needed it themselves — our story. How we score · Data sources