Is KT4 9DY a good place to live?
Kingston upon Thames (KT4 9DY), London, England
View KT4 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 77 primary schools and 20 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
KT4 9DY has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 4/5 (moderate)
- Schools: 97 nearby (17 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.1 mi
Summary
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 77 primary schools and 20 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
KT4 9DY is a UK postcode in KT4 with a low crime rate and a moderate safety rating. Families have access to 77 primary schools and 20 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Worcester Park, 0.1 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around KT4 9DY include 5 supermarkets and 4 parks. Healthcare is served by 4 GP practices, the closest 0.2 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 21 incidents were reported in KT4 9DY. It ranks 504 of 528 for safety within KT4.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 4/5 — Moderate
- Schools
- 72/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 75/100 — Good
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
KT4 9DY is rated 4/5 for safety, broadly in line with typical urban postcodes.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 21 incidents were reported in KT4 9DY.
The most common categories are Violent crime (24%), Shoplifting (24%), Other theft (19%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within KT4, this postcode ranks 504 of 528 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- KT4 district average
- 150 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near KT4 9DY
97 schools near KT4 9DY, including 17 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 77 primary schools (12 Outstanding, 58 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 20 secondary schools (5 Outstanding and 12 Good) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
KT4 9DY has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets and 4 parks or green spaces.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Waitrose, 0.1 miles away.
Shadbolt Park is just 0.5 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Waitrose0.1 mi
- Sainsbury's Local0.3 mi
- ALDI0.9 mi
- Costcutter0.9 mi
- Sainsbury's1.0 mi
Parks & green space
- Shadbolt Park0.5 mi
- Amphitheatre0.5 mi
- Mayflower Park0.6 mi
- Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing Fields0.8 mi
Transportation
Worcester Park is the closest station, about 0.1 miles from KT4 9DY - a very short walk.
Other nearby stations include Malden Manor (0.9 mi).
In total there are 2 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Worcester Park0.1 mi
- Malden Manor0.9 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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