Bickley West

Bromley · London · population 9,780 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,349 of 6,856 in England
  • #142 of 1,002 in London
  • #18 of 39 in Bromley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,702
Median age (est.)40
Density5,379per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above46%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 8%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 11%Other: 11%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 11%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 9%Black: 6%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 77%Asian 9%Black 6%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Bickley West is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,349 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 39 in Bromley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (92) but weak on Living environment (28). Typical homes here sold for about £506,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 143 sales), in line with the wider Bromley median of £525,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,919 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 74 · #1,753
Employment 80 · #1,362
Education 92 · #560
Health 75 · #1,705
Crime 61 · #2,692
Housing & access 52 · #3,268
Living environment 28 · #4,906

House prices ?

£506,000median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£506,000143+7.1%+12.4%
Detached£885,00011+2.3%+14.8%
Semi-detached£565,00047+5.1%+17.1%
Terraced£520,00049+2.5%+8.3%
Flat£317,50036-2.3%+5.4%
This area£506,000
Bromley£525,000
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)£52,919±£7,762 · #679 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£51,290
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 497 offences
Bromley72
London102
England83

Rank #2,184 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences156
Theft99
Burglary13
Vehicle crime93
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons38
Drugs14
Robbery8
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 126 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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