Edgware Central

Barnet · London · population 9,518 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,831 of 6,856 in England
  • #660 of 1,002 in London
  • #37 of 42 in Barnet
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,452
Median age (est.)37
Density7,008per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above42%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 11%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 13%Other: 23%
One person 23%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 13%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 24%Black: 9%Mixed: 4%Other: 10%
White 53%Asian 24%Black 9%Mixed 4%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Christian 34% · Jewish 21% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Edgware Central is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,831 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #37 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (79) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £587,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 58 sales), in line with the wider Barnet median of £575,500. Typical household take-home income is around £48,256 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 115 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 21 · #5,393
Employment 38 · #4,262
Education 54 · #3,131
Health 79 · #1,438
Crime 32 · #4,694
Housing & access 6 · #6,469
Living environment 23 · #5,276

House prices ?

£587,500median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£587,50058-2.1%+16.3%
Detached£985,0008+2.3%
Semi-detached£650,00027-3.0%+12.1%
Terraced£460,00015+13.9%+15.7%
Flat£362,5008-12.7%+18.9%
This area£587,500
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)£48,256±£6,855 · #1,396 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,577
Price-to-income ?12.2×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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

115 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,092 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #5,330 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences319
Theft357
Burglary63
Vehicle crime99
Criminal damage & arson76
Public order & weapons84
Drugs36
Robbery42
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 406 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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