Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South

Camden · London · population 7,243 · 4 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,214 of 6,856 in England
  • #518 of 1,002 in London
  • #14 of 27 in Camden
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,958
Median age (est.)33
Density5,470per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above58%
No car or van82%

Age

0–14 7%15–24 25%25–44 33%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 9%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 9%Social rent 34%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 53%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 7%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 53%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 7%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional18%
Caring & leisure6%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 23%Black: 6%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 58%Asian 23%Black 6%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 38% · Christian 33% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 53%

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

Holborn, St Giles & Bloomsbury South is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,214 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 27 in Camden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (73) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £582,500 over the past year, down 39% across five years (from 52 sales), 24% below the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,915 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 802 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 53 · #3,213
Employment 41 · #4,049
Education 73 · #1,876
Health 48 · #3,549
Crime 41 · #4,029
Housing & access 39 · #4,180
Living environment 1 · #6,778

House prices ?

£582,500median (12m) · -33.6% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£582,50052-33.6%-39.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Flat£582,50052-32.1%-37.4%
This area£582,500
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)£47,915±£7,084 · #1,464 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,784
Price-to-income ?12.2×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 ?

802 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 5,805 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #6,421 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences721
Theft3,972
Burglary227
Vehicle crime101
Criminal damage & arson147
Public order & weapons285
Drugs113
Robbery206
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 1,189 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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