Winchmore Hill

Enfield · London · population 8,173 · 5 LSOAs

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

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #896 of 6,856 in England
  • #94 of 1,002 in London
  • #4 of 36 in Enfield
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,254
Median age (est.)43
Density4,126per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above51%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 29%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 4%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 8%Black: 4%Mixed: 7%Other: 8%
White 73%Asian 8%Black 4%Mixed 7%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 23% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Winchmore Hill is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #896 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 36 in Enfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (95) but weak on Living environment (29). Typical homes here sold for about £817,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 93 sales), 70% above the wider Enfield median of £482,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,552 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £60,074 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 43 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 81 · #1,280
Employment 87 · #882
Education 92 · #567
Health 95 · #327
Crime 84 · #1,074
Housing & access 50 · #3,439
Living environment 29 · #4,872

House prices ?

£817,000median (12m) · -14.5% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£817,00093-14.5%-1.0%
Detached£1,325,00013-6.0%-15.9%
Semi-detached£995,00041-4.2%+15.0%
Terraced£767,00015+4.5%-10.8%
Flat£392,50024-14.7%+1.9%
This area£817,000
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)£60,074±£8,497 · #184 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,077
Price-to-income ?13.6×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
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 353 offences
Enfield90
London102
England83

Rank #1,526 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences85
Theft75
Burglary41
Vehicle crime92
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons17
Drugs10
Robbery13
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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