Widmore

Bromley · London · population 8,756 · 5 LSOAs

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #437 of 6,856 in England
  • #43 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 39 in Bromley
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,816
Median age (est.)41
Density4,954per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above49%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 5%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 26%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional17%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 10%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 77%Asian 10%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 38% · Hindu 4%

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

Widmore is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #437 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 39 in Bromley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (96) but weak on Living environment (32). Typical homes here sold for about £510,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 105 sales), in line with the wider Bromley median of £525,000. Typical household take-home income is around £59,027 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 88 · #814
Employment 91 · #622
Education 96 · #245
Health 90 · #670
Crime 81 · #1,314
Housing & access 73 · #1,856
Living environment 32 · #4,653

House prices ?

£510,000median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£510,000105+6.2%+19.3%
Detached£1,062,00017+11.5%+5.1%
Semi-detached£739,75020+10.0%+19.3%
Terraced£492,50024-9.6%+10.1%
Flat£310,00044-2.7%+4.9%
This area£510,000
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)£59,027±£8,524 · #228 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£48,062
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 406 offences
Bromley72
London102
England83

Rank #1,818 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences108
Theft93
Burglary24
Vehicle crime69
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons32
Drugs15
Robbery5
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 52 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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