Somers Town
Camden · London · population 10,371 · 6 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,962 of 6,856 in England
- #933 of 1,002 in London
- #27 of 27 in Camden
- Most deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 26% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 11%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 26% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Managers & directors | 11% |
| Elementary | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
| Skilled trades | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Muslim 33% · Christian 28% · No religion 26%
Born outside the UK: 46%
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
Somers Town is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,962 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 27 in Camden. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (33) and lowest on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £790,000 over the past year, down 26% across five years (from 44 sales), in line with the wider Camden median of £765,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,603 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 236 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £790,000 | 44 | +17.9% | -26.1% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Semi-detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Terraced | Too few sales to report (n=2) | |||
| Flat | £780,000 | 42 | +16.4% | -22.2% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #6,798 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #6,262 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 489 |
| Theft | 1,277 |
| Burglary | 102 |
| Vehicle crime | 131 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 87 |
| Public order & weapons | 137 |
| Drugs | 123 |
| Robbery | 81 |
| Other | 15 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 536 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Camden
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Bromley-by-Bow EastTower Hamlets13£338,500
- Weymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & RodwellDorset13£222,500
- KentonNewcastle upon Tyne13£184,500
- Town, South Lynn & West LynnKing's Lynn and West Norfolk13£171,250
- Leigh WestWigan13£170,000
- Adwick le Street & WoodlandsDoncaster13£152,000