Colney Hatch

Barnet · London · population 10,335 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,440 of 6,856 in England
  • #569 of 1,002 in London
  • #31 of 42 in Barnet
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,525
Median age (est.)39
Density6,065per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above45%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 27%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 21%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 17%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 17%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 15%Black: 10%Mixed: 8%Other: 8%
White 60%Asian 15%Black 10%Mixed 8%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 40% · No religion 30% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 42%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Colney Hatch is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,440 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (69) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £486,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 76 sales), 16% below the wider Barnet median of £575,500. Typical household take-home income is around £49,728 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 24 · #5,174
Employment 30 · #4,810
Education 66 · #2,363
Health 69 · #2,096
Crime 44 · #3,816
Housing & access 14 · #5,900
Living environment 32 · #4,632

House prices ?

£486,000median (12m) · -7.4% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£486,00076-7.4%-1.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£735,50018-5.4%+14.3%
Terraced£527,50023-17.5%-1.4%
Flat£310,00035-8.8%-13.6%
This area£486,000
Barnet£575,500
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£49,728±£7,142 · #1,107 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,751
Price-to-income ?9.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 719 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #3,509 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences203
Theft132
Burglary48
Vehicle crime158
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons37
Drugs40
Robbery29
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 213 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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