Crap Towns / Harrow / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Harrow?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Harrow couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 367 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 367 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 923 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 92,503 | 89.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Moor Park | 7.0 km | 1.8 |
| Hillingdon | 9.6 km | 1.7 |
| Borehamwood | 8.3 km | 1.6 |
| Brent | 6.7 km | 1.5 |
| Barnet | 9.3 km | 1.1 |
| Harrow | – | 0.9 |
| Radlett | 9.7 km | 0.8 |
| Bushey | 6.2 km | 0.8 |
| Ealing | 8.4 km | 0.7 |
| Rickmansworth | 9.8 km | 0.4 |
| Watford | 7.2 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |