St Mary Cray North

Bromley · London · population 8,690 · 5 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,407 of 6,856 in England
  • #804 of 1,002 in London
  • #37 of 39 in Bromley
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,677
Median age (est.)36
Density4,599per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above28%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 13%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 42%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 20%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 20%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 7%Black: 12%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 74%Asian 7%Black 12%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 41% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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 North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,407 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #37 of 39 in Bromley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (66) and lowest on Employment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £410,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 63 sales), 22% below the wider Bromley median of £525,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,089 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 104 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 20 · #5,509
Employment 14 · #5,921
Education 19 · #5,578
Health 27 · #4,995
Crime 16 · #5,743
Housing & access 66 · #2,329
Living environment 56 · #3,001

House prices ?

£410,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£410,00063-1.2%+20.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£445,00027+5.3%+17.1%
Terraced£400,00027-2.4%+15.9%
Flat£205,0006-24.1%+7.9%
This area£410,000
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)£45,089±£6,477 · #2,053 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,406
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

104 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 901 offences
Bromley72
London102
England83

Rank #5,045 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences321
Theft108
Burglary43
Vehicle crime125
Criminal damage & arson102
Public order & weapons100
Drugs66
Robbery20
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 256 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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