The 'Nearest Neighbours Model' produced by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) helps us create a list of London boroughs that are most similar to each other based on about 40 socio-economic factors.
Each borough's ‘nearest neighbours’ are those that are most similar to it in terms of its demographics and economy and a range of other measures. The table below shows these nearest neighbours for each borough.
| Borough | Neighbour 1 | Neighbour 2 | Neighbour 3 | Neighbour 4 | Neighbour 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Barking & Dagenham |
Waltham Forest | Greenwich | Newham | Enfield | Hounslow |
| Barnet | Croydon | Ealing | Harrow | Hillingdon | Redbridge |
| Bexley | Havering | Sutton | Hillingdon | Croydon | Merton |
| Brent | Ealing | Haringey | Waltham Forest | Enfield | Hounslow |
| Bromley | Hillingdon | Havering | Barnet | Bexley | Richmond-upon-Thames |
| Camden | Hammersmith & Fulham | Islington | Wandsworth | Southwark | Lambeth |
| Croydon | Enfield | Redbridge | Ealing | Barnet | Hounslow |
| Ealing | Brent | Redbridge | Enfield | Croydon | Hounslow |
| Enfield | Croydon | Ealing | Redbridge | Waltham Forest | Hounslow |
| Greenwich | Lewisham | Waltham Forest | Southwark | Hounslow | Lambeth |
| Hackney | Tower Hamlets | Southwark | Lambeth | Lewisham | Greenwich |
|
Hammersmith & Fulham |
Camden | Islington | Wandsworth | Southwark | Lambeth |
| Haringey | Brent | Waltham Forest | Lewisham | Ealing | Southwark |
| Harrow | Merton | Redbridge | Barnet | Kingston-upon-Thames | Ealing |
| Havering | Bexley | Sutton | Bromley | Hillingdon | Croydon |
| Hillingdon | Hounslow | Enfield | Croydon | Bromley | Barnet |
| Hounslow | Ealing | Waltham Forest | Redbridge | Hillingdon | Merton |
| Islington | Lambeth | Southwark | Hammersmith & Fulham | Tower Hamlets | Camden |
|
Kensington & Chelsea |
Hammersmith & Fulham | Camden | Westminster | Wandsworth | Islington |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | Merton | Sutton | Richmond-upon-Thames | Harrow | Bexley |
| Lambeth | Southwark | Lewisham | Tower Hamlets | Islington | Hackney |
| Lewisham | Greenwich | Lambeth | Southwark | Haringey | Waltham Forest |
| Merton | Kingston-upon-Thames | Sutton | Redbridge | Hounslow | Harrow |
| Newham | Waltham Forest | Brent | Haringey | Lewisham | Greenwich |
| Redbridge | Ealing | Croydon | Enfield | Merton | Hounslow |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | Kingston-upon-Thames | Bromley | Barnet | Merton | Sutton |
| Southwark | Lambeth | Tower Hamlets | Hackney | Lewisham | Islington |
| Sutton | Merton | Bexley | Kingston-upon-Thames | Havering | Redbridge |
| Tower Hamlets | Southwark | Hackney | Lambeth | Islington | Lewisham |
| Waltham Forest | Haringey | Hounslow | Enfield | Brent | Redbridge |
| Wandsworth | Lambeth | Hammersmith & Fulham | Merton | Islington | Southwark |
| Westminster | Kensington & Chelsea | Camden | Hammersmith & Fulham | Islington | Wandsworth |