Rent in NW2, London

NW2 is a postcode district mostly in Brent (it also reaches into Barnet, Camden), with wards including Brondesbury Park, Childs Hill, Cricklewood, Cricklewood & Mapesbury. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,000 a month, ±0% against the Brent figure and −2% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeNW2BrentLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,600£1,695£1,684110
2 bedrooms£2,000£2,000£2,036140
3 bedrooms£2,600£2,500£2,47260
4+ bedrooms£3,500£3,250£3,35330

Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Wards in NW2 include

Brondesbury Park · Childs Hill · Cricklewood · Cricklewood & Mapesbury · Dollis Hill · Fortune Green

Who lives in Brent

Census 2021, whole borough (Brent vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.

Owner-occupied homes40.3%46.8%
Private rentals36.0%30.0%
Social housing rentals23.5%23.1%
One-person households27.0%29.3%
Children under 1517.9%18.1%
Aged 65 and over11.6%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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