Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5AJ - detailed information

Southampton Row is in London and in Camden district. WC1B 5AJ is located in the Holborn and Covent Garden electoral ward, within the English Parliamentary constituency of Holborn and St Pancras. This postcode has been in use since 1980-01-01.
StreetScan combines information about Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5AJ and displays a report on the quality of life in this place and its surroundings.

Nearby postcodes are: WC1N 3AP, WC1N 3AR, WC1B 4AG, WC1B 4HH, WC1B 5AE, WC1B 5AB, WC1B 5AA, WC1B 4HP, WC1B 4BP.

Southampton Row Street Report

Property Prices
Average Price: £7,656,333
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Schools
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Food And Drink
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Sport
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Broadband
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Safety
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Employment
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People
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Culture
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Property Prices

Average property prices on Southampton Row are based on 169 property sales since the beginning of 1995. Estimated property prices are calculated by adjusting the last sale price by current House Price Index for Camden.
StreetScan downloads house price data directly from the HM Land Registry and uses it to create these statistics.

Estimated Average Property Prices for WC1B 5AJ

Average Price
£595,530

Semi-Detached
no sales

Terraced
no sales

Detached
no sales

Flats/Maisonettes
£595,530

Other
no sales

Estimated Average Property Prices for Southampton Row

Average Price
£7,656,333

Semi-Detached
no sales

Terraced
no sales

Detached
no sales

Flats/Maisonettes
no sales

Other
no sales

Property Prices Comparison

Latest Property Sales on Southampton RowStreet

Address	Sale Price	Sale Date	Price Estimate 2023
Flat 21 Russell Mansions, 144 Southampton Row, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£840,000	2022-05-04	£858,495
Flat 22 Russell Mansions, 144 Southampton Row, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£780,000	2020-03-27	£792,600
Basement Flat 144 Southampton Row, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£340,000	2019-05-07	£347,088
Basement Flat 144 Southampton Row, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£270,000	2018-12-18	£267,669
Flat 14 Russell Mansions, 144 Southampton Row, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£675,000	2018-12-10	£669,173

Schools

Nursery

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Thomas Coram Centre 49 Mecklenburgh Square , WC1N 2NY	4out of 4	547 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre Yorkway Court , Copenhagen Street N1 0UH	4out of 4	1,797 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Portman Early Childhood Centre 12 Salisbury Street , NW8 8DE	4out of 4	3,246 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre 20 Halcomb Street , Hoxton N1 5RF	4out of 4	3,779 yd	Local authority nursery school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Ethelred Nursery School and Children's Centre 1 Gundulf Street , SE11 6BG	4out of 4	3,875 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School John's Mews , WC1N 2NX	4out of 4	627 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
St Josephs Catholic Primary School Macklin Street , Covent Garden WC2B 5NA	3out of 4	711 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Argyle Primary School Tonbridge Street , WC1H 9EG	3out of 4	853 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Christopher Hatton Primary School 38 Laystall Street , EC1R 4PQ	4out of 4	964 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
St Alban's Church of England Primary School Baldwins Gardens , Holborn EC1N 7SD	3out of 4	1,061 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ 1 - 39 Drummond Crescent , NW1 1LY	3out of 4	1,144 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School Donegal Street , Islington N1 9QG	4out of 4	1,643 yd	Community school	No	Girls	More About School
Regent High School Chalton Street , Camden NW1 1RX	3out of 4	1,655 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
The St Marylebone CofE School 64 Marylebone High Street , W1U 5BA	4out of 4	2,066 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Girls	More About School
London Nautical School 61 Stamford Street , Waterloo SE1 9NA	2out of 4	2,241 yd	Foundation school	No	Boys	More About School

16 plus

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
The Mary Ward Centre (AE Centre) 42 - 43 Queen Square , Camden WC1N 3AQ	- not rated	253 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Capital City College Group 211 Gray's Inn Road , WC1X 8RA	- not rated	775 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
City Lit Keeley Street , Covent Garden WC2B 4BA	- not rated	905 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
WM College 44 Crowndale Road , Mill Hill Road NW1 1TR	- not rated	1,844 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Harris Westminster Sixth Form Steel House, 11 Tothill Street , Westminster SW1H 9LH	- not rated	2,738 yd	Free schools 16 to 19	No	Mixed	More About School

All-through

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St Mary Magdalene Academy Liverpool Road , Islington N7 8PG	3out of 4	3,311 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
Ark King Solomon Academy Penfold Street , NW1 6RU	4out of 4	3,358 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Ark Globe Academy Harper Road , SE1 6AG	3out of 4	4,087 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
University of London Senate House , Malet Street WC1E 7HU	- not rated	244 yd	Higher education institutions	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Birkbeck College Malet Street , WC1E 7HX	- not rated	339 yd	Higher education institutions	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
School of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street , Russell Square WC1H 0XG	- not rated	342 yd	Higher education institutions	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH Great Ormond Street , Camden WC1N 3JH	4out of 4	376 yd	Foundation special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Keppel Street , WC1E 7HT	- not rated	453 yd	Higher education institutions	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

Food and Drink

Restaurants, Cafes, Canteens

Business Name	Address	Distance
The Chambeli	146 Southampton Row	2 yd
Marco's New York Italian	Mecure Hotel, 130-134 Southampton Row	21 yd
Zeyas Lounge	150 Southampton Row	26 yd
Cosmoba	9 Cosmo Place	35 yd
ST GILES CAFE	154 Southampton Row, London	47 yd

Pubs, Bars, Nightclubs

Business Name	Address	Distance
The Swan	7 Cosmo Place	26 yd
The Queens Larder	1 Queen Square	55 yd
The Montague on the Gardens	15 Montague Street	210 yd
The Friend at Hand	2-4 Herbrand Street	228 yd
Truckles Wine Bar	Pied Bull Court, Galen Place	331 yd

Takeaway, Sandwich Shops

Business Name	Address	Distance
Tacobell	75 Southampton Row	110 yd
Pret a Manger	73 Russell Square	139 yd
NAMASTE HOLBORN	33 Boswell Street	169 yd
Greggs	76 Southampton Row	189 yd
Fortitude Bakery	Cafe And Premises At Ground Floor, 35 Colonnade	213 yd

Supermarkets, Hypermarkets

Business Name	Address	Distance
Sainsbury's Local	Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row	259 yd
Tesco Stores Ltd	40 Bernard Street	283 yd
Waitrose and Partners	23-37 Brunswick Centre	369 yd
Tian Tian Market	24-26 Brunswick Centre	423 yd
Sainsburys supermarkets Ltd	5 Brunswick Centre	443 yd

Sport

Facility Name	Sport Objects	Distance
Grange Holborn Health & Fitness Club 50-56 50-56 SOUTHAMPTON ROW	health and fitness suite, swimming pool	290 yd
Fitness First Health Club (London Bloomsbury) (Closed) The Old Heating Station The Old Heating Station Coram Street	health and fitness suite	382 yd
The Gym (London Bloomsbury) THE OLD HEATING STATION THE OLD HEATING STATION CORAM STREET	health and fitness suite	393 yd
Pure Gym (London Holborn) Lacon House Lacon House Theobalds Road	health and fitness suite, swimming pool	397 yd
Corams Fields GUILFORD STREET	artificial grass pitch	455 yd
Bannatyne Health Club (Russell Square) WOBURN PLACE	health and fitness suite, swimming pool	490 yd
Nuffield Health (Bloomsbury) MECKLENBURGH PLACE	health and fitness suite, squash courts, swimming pool	516 yd
Gymbox (Holborn) HIGH HOLBORN	health and fitness suite	522 yd
Fitness First Health Club (London High Holborn) WESTON HOUSE WESTON HOUSE HIGH HOLBORN	health and fitness suite	575 yd
Energy Base MALET STREET	health and fitness suite, swimming pool	624 yd

This statistics are based on Active Places Data - Contains Data © Sport England

Broadband

Technology Aviability

Percentage of premises that have Superfast Broadband (30Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	100.0%
Percentage of premises that have Ultrafast Broadband (100Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	100.0%
Percentage of premises that have Ultrafast Broadband (300Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	100.0%
Percentage of premises that have coverage from a Gigabit capable service from fixed broadband	100.0%

Speed Aviability

Percentage of premises unable to receive 2Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 5Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 10Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 30Mbit/s	0.0%

Download Speed

Median download speed	100 Mbit/s
Average download speed	88.1 Mbit/s
Minimum download speed	200 Mbit/s
Maximum download speed	200 Mbit/s

Upload Speed

Median upload speed	10 Mbit/s
Average upload speed	8.7 Mbit/s
Maximum upload speed	20 Mbit/s

Broadband statistics are based on Ofcom's Communications Market Report (CMR) 2022.

Safety

Is Southampton Row Street dangerous?

In 2023, 4235 crimes were reported near Southampton Row . It is one of the most dangerous streets in the UK (less than 1% streets have more crimes reported). This street can be considered very dangerous. The most common type of crime was other theft. Crime rate was measured within a 0.5 mile radius of WC1B 5AJ.

Crime statistics are based on data provided by Home Office through data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence.

More Crime Statistics for Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5AJ

Employment

WC1B 5AJ area has a very high level of entrepreneurship. Only 6% of streets have higher percent of entrepreneur residents. 16% of population in this area is self-employed, while the average in the UK is 9.7%. High number of entrepreneurs usually leads to relatively high economic growth, higher paid jobs and better quality of life in the area.

The percentage of student residents living in WC1B 5AJ area is much higher than the country's average. Usually places with high percentage of students are near Universities and near entertainment places.

Economic Activity

Full-Time Employee	65
Student (economically inactive)	33
Self-Employed	31
Retired	22
Part-Time Employee	16
Full-Time Student (with or without job)	8
Unemployed	7
Looking after home or family	4
Long-Term Sick or disabled	2
Other	0

Employment Industry

Professional, scientific and technical activities	40
Education	26
Other	25
Financial and insurance activities	17
Information and communication	17
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles	14
Accommodation and food service activities	14
Human health and social work activities	12
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	8
Administrative and support service activities	4
Manufacturing	3
Real estate activities	2
Construction	1
Transport and storage	1

People

Gender

Female	107
Male	99

Partnership Status

Single	112
Married: Opposite sex	54
Married: Same sex	2
Civil partnership: Same sex	1
Separated	4
Divorced	12
Widowed	4

Health

Very good health	129
Good health	61
Fair health	9
Bad health	4
Very bad health	3

Education and Qualifications

No qualifications	8
1-4 GCSEs or Equivalent	3
5 or more GCSEs, an A-Level or 1-2 AS Levels	12
HNC, HND or 2+ A Levels	30
Degree or Similar	128
Other	7

Culture

Ethnic Group

Bangladeshi	8
Chinese	19
Indian	4
Other Asian	8
Black African	6
Black Caribbean	1
Other Black	3
Mixed White and Asian	5
Mixed White and African	1
Mixed Other	3
White	138
Roma	2
Arab	2
Other	3

Country of Birth

United Kingdom	109
European Union	33
Rest of Europe	3
Africa	11
Middle East and Asia	28
The Americas and the Caribbean	16
Oceania	6

Length of Residence

Born in the UK	109
10+ Years	34
5-10 Years	11
2-5 Years	19
Less than 2 years	33

Passport Held

United Kingdom	129
Ireland	1
France	11
Germany	3
Italy	6
Portugal	2
Spain	4
Romania	2
Other EU countries	2
Other Europe	2
Middle East	2
Eastern Asia	6
South-East Asia	13
North America and the Caribbean	12
Oceania	3
No passport held	8

Religion

No religion	85
Christian	85
Buddhist	3
Hindu	3
Jewish	2
Muslim	14
Sikh	1
Not answered	13