Preston Park & East Lane

Brent · London · population 9,447 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,344 of 6,856 in England
  • #545 of 1,002 in London
  • #13 of 35 in Brent
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,555
Median age (est.)34
Density7,426per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above41%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 13%25–44 34%45–64 22%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 14%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 13%Other: 27%
One person 19%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 13%Other 27%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades15%
Elementary14%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%

Ethnic group

White: 37%Asian: 38%Black: 11%Mixed: 3%Other: 11%
White 37%Asian 38%Black 11%Mixed 3%Other 11%

Religion & identity

Christian 40% · Muslim 22% · Hindu 20%

Born outside the UK: 60%

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

Preston Park & East Lane is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,344 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 35 in Brent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (84) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here, about £568,125 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 60% in five years (from 50 sales), in line with the wider Brent median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,210 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 23 · #5,276
Employment 58 · #2,891
Education 46 · #3,700
Health 84 · #1,129
Crime 69 · #2,116
Housing & access 2 · #6,709
Living environment 37 · #4,303

House prices ?

£568,125median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£568,12550+6.2%+60.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£640,50024+5.9%+12.4%
Terraced£570,0007+5.6%
Flat£320,00018+10.3%+35.8%
This area£568,125
Brent£550,000
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)£50,210±£7,280 · #1,031 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,984
Price-to-income ?11.3×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 547 offences
Brent98
London102
England83

Rank #2,698 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences226
Theft111
Burglary21
Vehicle crime58
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons21
Drugs53
Robbery25
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 150 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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