New Barnet West

Barnet · London · population 6,391 · 4 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,028 of 6,856 in England
  • #319 of 1,002 in London
  • #15 of 42 in Barnet
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,531
Median age (est.)41
Density6,190per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above50%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 5%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 17%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 7%
White 64%Asian 17%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 24% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

New Barnet West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,028 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 69 sales), 13% below the wider Barnet median of £575,500. Typical household take-home income is around £56,999 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 42 · #3,960
Employment 50 · #3,419
Education 86 · #930
Health 85 · #1,013
Crime 62 · #2,637
Housing & access 29 · #4,865
Living environment 20 · #5,448

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · -18.0% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,00069-18.0%-1.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£765,00019+8.9%+13.3%
Terraced£665,5009+9.1%
Flat£342,50038-4.9%-3.7%
This area£500,000
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)£56,999±£8,080 · #329 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,775
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 419 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #3,250 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences127
Theft133
Burglary24
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons25
Drugs13
Robbery9
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 114 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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