Lesney Farm & Colyers East

Bexley · London · population 8,882 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,934 of 6,856 in England
  • #688 of 1,002 in London
  • #25 of 28 in Bexley
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,863
Median age (est.)37
Density7,851per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above28%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 37%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 19%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 19%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 7%Black: 18%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 70%Asian 7%Black 18%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 36% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Lesney Farm & Colyers East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,934 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 28 in Bexley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (60) and lowest on Employment (22). Typical homes here sold for about £322,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 58 sales), 25% below the wider Bexley median of £430,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,330 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 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 · #5,235
Employment 22 · #5,338
Education 26 · #5,105
Health 34 · #4,516
Crime 36 · #4,392
Housing & access 27 · #4,995
Living environment 60 · #2,774

House prices ?

£322,500median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£322,50058-2.3%+10.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£382,50026+0.9%+14.2%
Terraced£341,00015+3.3%+1.8%
Flat£215,00017-1.1%+9.7%
This area£322,500
Bexley£430,000
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)£45,330±£6,493 · #2,004 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,707
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 488 offences
Bexley64
London102
England83

Rank #2,478 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences245
Theft44
Burglary22
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons39
Drugs24
Robbery10
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 100 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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