Crap Towns / Brent / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Brent?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Brent couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 253 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 86.9% of premises, 7% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 253 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 2,166 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 126,038 | 86.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Westminster | 9.0 km | 2.8 |
| Islington | 11.0 km | 1.7 |
| Borehamwood | 11.3 km | 1.6 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 7.8 km | 1.6 |
| Brent | – | 1.5 |
| Barnet | 7.5 km | 1.1 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 8.3 km | 1.1 |
| Camden | 7.8 km | 1.0 |
| Haringey | 11.7 km | 0.9 |
| Harrow | 6.7 km | 0.9 |
| Ealing | 5.9 km | 0.7 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |