Kentish Town East

Camden · London · population 8,392 · 5 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,721 of 6,856 in England
  • #630 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 27 in Camden
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,085
Median age (est.)34
Density14,812per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above55%
No car or van65%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 15%25–44 36%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 42%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 15%Other: 17%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 15%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors16%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 13%Black: 11%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 64%Asian 13%Black 11%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 41% · Christian 30% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 36%

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

Kentish Town East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,721 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 27 in Camden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (73) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £623,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 67 sales), 19% below the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,200 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,228
Employment 28 · #4,899
Education 73 · #1,869
Health 31 · #4,714
Crime 39 · #4,200
Housing & access 57 · #2,973
Living environment 7 · #6,387

House prices ?

£623,000median (12m) · -0.3% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£623,00067-0.3%-1.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£2,325,0006+16.3%
Terraced£1,940,7186+2.1%+49.3%
Flat£555,00054+6.2%+13.3%
This area£623,000
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)£52,200±£7,640 · #760 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,331
Price-to-income ?11.9×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 587 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #3,521 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences164
Theft120
Burglary43
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons49
Drugs69
Robbery19
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 156 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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