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The 2026 Healthy Streets Scorecard ranks London Boroughs on how healthy their streets are according to ten indicators (six input and four outcome indicators). By combining the indicator scores, each borough is given a final Healthy Streets score.

This page sets out detailed results for the outcome indicators:
7. Sustainable Modeshare
8. Active Travel Rate (A) Walking (B) Cycling
9. Road Collision Casualties
10. Car Ownership Rates (A) Cars per household (B) Households with no car (C) Polluting vehicles

7. Sustainable Modeshare

Sustainable modeshare is the proportion of trips made by borough residents by walking, cycling or public transport (rather than car). This year’s figures use a three-year average, covering 2022/23 to 2024/25. London-wide progress is positive but slow: the borough average rose from 67.9% to 68.1%, and is now 4.5 percentage points higher than in the 2019 Scorecard. The Inner London average is 82.1%, led by City of London, Camden, Islington and Westminster, while Newham remains the lowest Inner London borough at 70.4%. Outer London averages 57.7%, with Brent, Waltham Forest and Richmond-upon-Thames above 67%, and Bexley lowest at 42.9%. Sixteen boroughs improved, led by Enfield, Merton, Waltham Forest, Barking & Dagenham and Kingston. Small sample sizes in the London Travel Demand Survey (LTDS) mean borough-level changes should still be treated with caution.

The graph below shows Inner and Outer London boroughs to help show how boroughs are doing compared to other Inner or Outer boroughs.

8. Active Travel Rate

Walking Walking should be the most universal form of active travel, yet eight boroughs still have fewer than 30% of residents walking regularly, with Croydon, Havering, Harrow and Newham moving in the wrong direction. Lewisham’s trend is also worrying, while Hammersmith & Fulham remains high-scoring but is slipping. At the top end, eight boroughs have more than 40% of residents walking regularly, led by Richmond upon Thames.

The graph below shows Inner and Outer London boroughs differentiated by colour (light blue = Inner London, dark blue = Outer London). This graph helps show how boroughs are doing compared to other Inner or Outer boroughs.

Cycling

Cycling remains uneven: 13 boroughs have fewer than 10% of residents cycling weekly, with Havering lowest. By contrast, more than a quarter of residents cycle regularly in Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington and Hackney. Recent increases in Islington, Richmond, Lambeth, Waltham Forest, Lewisham, Ealing and Haringey likely reflect infrastructure improvements, dockless hire expansion, or both.

9. Road Collision Casualties

The casualty indicator measures serious and fatal casualties among people walking and cycling against the number of walking or cycling trip stages in each borough. This year’s figures use casualties from 2022–2024 and three years of trip-stage data from 2022/23 to 2024/25, now that post-pandemic data is more complete. Because trip data can vary significantly, comparisons with previous Scorecards should be treated cautiously. London remains behind its Vision Zero target, but 2025 road fatalities are estimated at 95, the joint-lowest figure outside the pandemic year.

Pedestrian casualties

For pedestrians, London’s rate is 5.8 serious and fatal casualties per 100,000 daily walking stages, higher in Outer London than Inner London. Rates in Hounslow and Barnet are the most concerning.

The graph below shows Inner and Outer London boroughs differentiated by grouping. This graph helps show how boroughs are doing compared to other Inner or Outer boroughs.

Cyclist casualties

For cycling, the London rate is 1.9 per 1,000 daily cycling stages, with Harrow, Barnet and Sutton highest, and Waltham Forest lowest.

The graph below shows Inner and Outer London boroughs differentiated by grouping. This graph helps show how boroughs are doing compared to other Inner or Outer boroughs.

10. Car Ownership Rates

Car ownership in London continues to move slowly in the right direction. There are now 10% fewer cars in the capital than at the time of the first Scorecard in 2019, although the total still sits at nearly 2.4 million.

Cars per household

Car ownership still varies sharply across London. The City of London has by far the lowest level, with just 17 cars registered per 100 households, followed by Islington at 28. A further six Inner London boroughs all have fewer than 40 cars per 100 households. At the other end of the scale, Hillingdon remains the most car-dependent borough by this measure, with 104 cars per 100 households. Havering also has slightly more cars than households.

Proportion of households with no car

Car dependency remains uneven. More than 70% of households are car-free in the City of London, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Islington, Camden and Hackney, while fewer than 30% are car-free in Havering, Hillingdon, Bromley, Sutton, Bexley, Kingston and Richmond.

The graph below shows Inner and Outer London boroughs differentiated by colour (light blue = Inner London, dark blue = Outer London). This helps show how boroughs are doing compared to other Inner or Outer boroughs.

Polluting vehicles

The vehicle mix is improving: for the first time, EVs and hybrids make up a higher proportion of London’s cars than diesels, at 17% compared with 15%, while diesel has fallen from 24% in 2022. The polluting-vehicle score improved (i.e. there were fewer polluting vehicles) in every borough.