Wembley East

Brent · London · population 12,294 · 6 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,098 of 6,856 in England
  • #729 of 1,002 in London
  • #20 of 35 in Brent
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,749
Median age (est.)37
Density9,260per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above34%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 35%45–64 26%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 46%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 12%Private rent 46%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 33%
One person 19%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 33%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Professional 14% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Professional14%
Process & plant12%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 20%Asian: 57%Black: 14%Mixed: 3%Other: 6%
White 20%Asian 57%Black 14%Mixed 3%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · Hindu 22% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 70%

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

Wembley East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,098 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 35 in Brent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (76) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here, about £462,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 85% in five years (from 30 sales), 16% below the wider Brent median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,772 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 140 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,208
Employment 59 · #2,829
Education 23 · #5,304
Health 76 · #1,657
Crime 34 · #4,522
Housing & access 0 · #6,826
Living environment 24 · #5,235

House prices ?

£462,500median (12m) · -16.3% yr · n=30
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£462,50030-16.3%+85.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£537,5006-13.3%
Terraced£535,00011-7.0%+13.5%
Flat£346,00013+19.3%+87.0%
This area£462,500
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)£46,772±£6,790 · #1,682 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,711
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

140 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,727 offences
Brent98
London102
England83

Rank #5,805 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences437
Theft761
Burglary43
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons119
Drugs121
Robbery83
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 433 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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