King's Cross & Bloomsbury North

Camden · London · population 12,456 · 8 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,304 of 6,856 in England
  • #779 of 1,002 in London
  • #21 of 27 in Camden
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,587
Median age (est.)29
Density17,337per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above44%
No car or van79%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 32%25–44 29%45–64 19%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 7%Social rent: 50%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 7%Social rent 50%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 12%Other: 20%
One person 45%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 12%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 46%Asian: 31%Black: 10%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 46%Asian 31%Black 10%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 32% · Christian 28% · Muslim 23%

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

King's Cross & Bloomsbury North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,304 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 27 in Camden. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (52) and lowest on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £540,000 over the past year, down 13% across five years (from 32 sales), 29% below the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,130 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 216 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 28 · #4,934
Employment 34 · #4,509
Education 52 · #3,302
Health 28 · #4,899
Crime 22 · #5,318
Housing & access 20 · #5,496
Living environment 3 · #6,661

House prices ?

£540,000median (12m) · -1.8% yr · n=32
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£540,00032-1.8%-13.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Flat£535,00031-2.7%-13.4%
This area£540,000
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)£40,130±£5,922 · #3,389 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,361
Price-to-income ?13.5×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

216 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,685 offences
Camden176
London102
England83

Rank #6,218 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences551
Theft1,362
Burglary98
Vehicle crime122
Criminal damage & arson104
Public order & weapons194
Drugs119
Robbery121
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 728 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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