Remember the fried chicken guide to house prices? Now we know which London boroughs have the most fast food joints
Remember the guy who, this time last year, came up with a theory that London's best property deals can be found where the most chicken shops are?
Well, now the government has given would-be London property investors a helping hand – with a map of the boroughs in the capital which have the most fast food joints.
According to the map, by Public Health England, there are more than 8,600 fast food outlets in London. Westminster has the most takeaways, with 464 outlets, or 198.9 per 100,000 members of the population.
That's followed by Croydon, with 424 fast food outlets, or 112.8 per 100,000 locals. Earlier this year, research by Savills estate agents identified the borough as one of the 31 areas where house prices are set to rocket over the next five years. Coincidence? We think not.
Click or tap on the boroughs to find out more about their fast food habits. Swipe to the right of the map to scroll past it.
Read more: Area focus on the property market in Croydon
Still sceptical that fast food has any correlation with house prices? Last year flat hunter Sam Floy found the ratio of coffee shops to chicken shops in an area could be a reliable indication of future prosperity.
Floy worked with data scientists at ASI to plot the coffee-to-chicken ratio against the areas of London with house prices below £500,000.
The result was that Peckham came top – and with 339 fast food outlets, its borough, Southwark comes sixth out of the 33 boroughs in Public Health England's list.
That was followed by Woolwich (although its borough, Greenwich, comes 22nd in the ranking) and the Isle of Dogs (fourth in the list, with 354 fast food outlets).
Party pooper Public Health England, though, used the map as an opportunity to issue a stern warning about Londoners' eating habits.
“More than a fifth of adults and children eat takeaway meals at home more than once a week and we are experiencing a national obesity epidemic. It is particularly worrying that so many of London’s children are affected."
Look on the bright side, though: at least if they use Floy's theory, those London children could stand a chance of having a roof over their heads when they're older…
Now read: Why fried chicken is a useful guide to where to invest in property