Willesden Green

Brent · London · population 8,908 · 5 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,290 of 6,856 in England
  • #773 of 1,002 in London
  • #24 of 35 in Brent
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,993
Median age (est.)36
Density14,668per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above44%
No car or van60%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 12%25–44 40%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 49%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 20%Private rent 49%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 14%Other: 21%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 14%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 48%Asian: 19%Black: 15%Mixed: 8%Other: 10%
White 48%Asian 19%Black 15%Mixed 8%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 22% · Muslim 19%

Born outside the UK: 57%

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

Willesden Green is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,290 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 35 in Brent. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (57) and lowest on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £592,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 52 sales), 8% above the wider Brent median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,041 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 103 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 15 · #5,825
Employment 33 · #4,611
Education 55 · #3,110
Health 57 · #2,946
Crime 27 · #4,982
Housing & access 6 · #6,435
Living environment 12 · #6,044

House prices ?

£592,500median (12m) · +20.7% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£592,50052+20.7%+1.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£950,0005-20.2%
Terraced£805,290120.0%-1.4%
Flat£440,00033-3.4%-14.6%
This area£592,500
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)£46,041±£6,656 · #1,842 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,757
Price-to-income ?12.9×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 ?

5Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

103 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 920 offences
Brent98
London102
England83

Rank #5,034 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences298
Theft230
Burglary45
Vehicle crime99
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons82
Drugs56
Robbery34
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 328 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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