Highgate West

Camden · London · population 7,678 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,337 of 6,856 in England
  • #540 of 1,002 in London
  • #15 of 27 in Camden
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,743
Median age (est.)42
Density2,561per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above59%
No car or van50%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 36%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 14%Other: 17%
One person 35%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 14%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Associate professional 21% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Associate professional21%
Managers & directors17%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary4%
Skilled trades4%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 7%Black: 7%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 73%Asian 7%Black 7%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 34% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Highgate West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,337 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 27 in Camden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (78) but weak on Living environment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £936,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 75 sales), 22% above the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £60,018 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 93 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 35 · #4,433
Employment 29 · #4,851
Education 78 · #1,520
Health 61 · #2,685
Crime 20 · #5,482
Housing & access 76 · #1,643
Living environment 10 · #6,147

House prices ?

£936,000median (12m) · +13.5% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£936,00075+13.5%+17.7%
Detached£3,575,00010-6.0%
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£2,165,00014+9.8%+39.7%
Flat£662,50050-3.1%+10.4%
This area£936,000
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)£60,018±£9,094 · #189 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,473
Price-to-income ?15.6×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 715 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #4,666 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences197
Theft199
Burglary58
Vehicle crime91
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons53
Drugs21
Robbery15
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 259 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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