Camden: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Camden on the mapWhat these local examples show
Chalk Farm station and Primrose Hill have sharply different mapped daytime road averages and different source-area crime bands in these examples. Both can reach the same supported station approach, but with different approximate walks. The O2 Centre example adds Finchley Road as a closer supported-line destination. The three positions demonstrate why a park, station and shopping site should be checked separately.
This page covers the official Camden boundary (E09000007), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 27 supported station records, 12 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 16 supported supermarket records, 2 shopping-centre records and 90 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Central, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern, Victoria, Jubilee, Lioness, Mildmay, Suffragette. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Chalk Farm Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.544118, -0.153388.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUCFM. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 77.58 dB Nighttime: 69.15 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Chalk Farm Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 9 min walk Primrose Hill 25.2 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Camden 012E · E01000906 188.9 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 547 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 1 min walk Haverstock School Secondary · Community school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 4 min walk Morrisons Morrisons · Mapped supermarket · mapped customer entrance |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 28 min walk Coal Drops Yard Shopping centre · centre position |
2. Primrose Hill
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.539048, -0.162457.
Retained source ID: 8165332. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 43.48 dB Nighttime: 38.07 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 12 min walk Chalk Farm Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Primrose Hill 25.2 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Camden 017D · E01000967 42.5 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 136 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 5 min walk St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · Expected standard · Curriculum and teaching · 2026-02-03 · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 15 min walk Morrisons Morrisons · Mapped supermarket · mapped customer entrance |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 25 min walk O2 Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
3. O2 Centre
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.547937, -0.181646.
Retained source ID: w48135370. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 68.18 dB Nighttime: 58.97 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 71.2 dB Nighttime: 65.15 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 3 min walk Finchley Road Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 16 min walk Kilburn Grange Park 3.1 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Camden 010D · E01000972 244.2 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 971 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 5 min walk Alleyns Hampstead Nursery and Junior School Not applicable · Other independent school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk O2 Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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