Camden Town & Mornington Crescent

Camden · London · population 6,497 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,297 of 6,856 in England
  • #777 of 1,002 in London
  • #20 of 27 in Camden
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,224
Median age (est.)33
Density6,202per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above56%
No car or van69%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 20%25–44 37%45–64 21%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 30%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 41%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 19%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Caring & leisure6%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 61%Asian: 16%Black: 10%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 61%Asian 16%Black 10%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 38% · Christian 31% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 46%

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

Camden Town & Mornington Crescent is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,297 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 27 in Camden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (64) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £725,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 33 sales), 5% below the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,670 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 552 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 30 · #4,810
Employment 32 · #4,666
Education 64 · #2,459
Health 27 · #4,982
Crime 12 · #6,065
Housing & access 22 · #5,379
Living environment 5 · #6,531

House prices ?

£725,000median (12m) · -31.4% yr · n=33
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£725,00033-31.4%+4.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£670,00028-10.4%+5.3%
This area£725,000
Camden£765,000
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)£56,670±£9,032 · #344 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,524
Price-to-income ?12.8×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 ?

2Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

552 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,586 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #6,409 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences806
Theft1,737
Burglary81
Vehicle crime69
Criminal damage & arson99
Public order & weapons275
Drugs325
Robbery177
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 565 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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