St Mary Cray East

Bromley · London · population 8,786 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,468 of 6,856 in England
  • #818 of 1,002 in London
  • #38 of 39 in Bromley
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,822
Median age (est.)36
Density782per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above32%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 33%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 21%Other: 13%
One person 30%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 21%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 12% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 6%Black: 16%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 71%Asian 6%Black 16%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 37% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

St Mary Cray East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,468 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 39 in Bromley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (54) and lowest on Crime (14). Typical homes here, about £377,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 52 sales), 28% below the wider Bromley median of £525,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,350 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 142 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 15 · #5,811
Employment 16 · #5,736
Education 24 · #5,228
Health 35 · #4,461
Crime 14 · #5,914
Housing & access 29 · #4,858
Living environment 54 · #3,158

House prices ?

£377,500median (12m) · +7.9% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£377,50052+7.9%+28.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£425,00018+10.4%+22.3%
Terraced£351,25026+0.4%+19.4%
Flat£270,0005+22.7%+39.4%
This area£377,500
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)£44,350±£6,294 · #2,237 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,298
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

142 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,248 offences
Bromley72
London102
England83

Rank #5,831 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences348
Theft332
Burglary59
Vehicle crime186
Criminal damage & arson106
Public order & weapons82
Drugs77
Robbery39
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 195 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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