Kentish Town West

Camden · London · population 9,711 · 6 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,852 of 6,856 in England
  • #910 of 1,002 in London
  • #26 of 27 in Camden
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,998
Median age (est.)34
Density14,951per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above45%
No car or van66%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 16%25–44 34%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 12%Social rent: 55%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 12%Social rent 55%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 18%Other: 16%
One person 36%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 18%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 17%Black: 14%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 56%Asian 17%Black 14%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 34% · Christian 33% · Muslim 22%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,852 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 27 in Camden. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (44) and lowest on Income (10). Typical homes here sold for about £549,000 over the past year, down 12% across five years (from 64 sales), 28% below the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,486 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,168
Employment 13 · #5,989
Education 44 · #3,816
Health 16 · #5,777
Crime 26 · #5,084
Housing & access 44 · #3,830
Living environment 17 · #5,660

House prices ?

£549,000median (12m) · -16.5% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£549,00064-16.5%-12.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,250,00011+8.7%+19.5%
Flat£515,00053+0.7%+7.3%
This area£549,000
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)£43,486±£6,409 · #2,449 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,144
Price-to-income ?12.6×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 ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

109 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,061 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #5,191 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences376
Theft283
Burglary76
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons103
Drugs56
Robbery24
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 270 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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