Upper Edmonton East & Meridian Water

Enfield · London · population 11,580 · 6 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,401 of 6,856 in England
  • #984 of 1,002 in London
  • #31 of 36 in Enfield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,793
Median age (est.)33
Density7,240per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above29%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 14%25–44 29%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 21%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 23%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 23%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 33%Asian: 13%Black: 34%Mixed: 6%Other: 14%
White 33%Asian 13%Black 34%Mixed 6%Other 14%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · Muslim 32% · No religion 12%

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

Upper Edmonton East & Meridian Water is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,401 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 36 in Enfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (45) and lowest on Income (3). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 47 sales), 21% below the wider Enfield median of £482,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,658 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 163 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 3 · #6,647
Employment 13 · #5,955
Education 10 · #6,161
Health 45 · #3,796
Crime 9 · #6,209
Housing & access 4 · #6,593
Living environment 10 · #6,181

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=47
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,000470.0%+10.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£461,0005
Terraced£397,50024-3.0%+11.9%
Flat£278,24818+18.4%+48.4%
This area£380,000
Enfield£482,000
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)£44,658±£6,732 · #2,162 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,965
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

163 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,887 offences
Enfield90
London102
England83

Rank #5,999 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences538
Theft506
Burglary94
Vehicle crime211
Criminal damage & arson134
Public order & weapons118
Drugs184
Robbery74
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 428 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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