Blackheath Standard & Village

Greenwich · London · population 6,223 · 4 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,205 of 6,856 in England
  • #234 of 1,002 in London
  • #4 of 35 in Greenwich
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,240
Median age (est.)40
Density4,949per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above64%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 7%25–44 35%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 17%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 13%
One person 36%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 19%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional19%
Administrative7%
Elementary5%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 8%Black: 6%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 77%Asian 8%Black 6%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 40% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Blackheath Standard & Village is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,205 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 35 in Greenwich. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (89) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 81 sales), 9% above the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £64,315 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 65 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 66 · #2,308
Employment 73 · #1,842
Education 89 · #773
Health 74 · #1,801
Crime 44 · #3,830
Housing & access 54 · #3,186
Living environment 14 · #5,907

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · +2.0% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,00081+2.0%-10.6%
Detached£1,075,0005-41.9%-38.6%
Semi-detached£1,257,5008-10.2%+5.8%
Terraced£720,0007-5.0%-0.7%
Flat£468,30061+11.5%+6.4%
This area£500,000
Greenwich£460,000
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)£64,315±£9,395 · #74 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£51,117
Price-to-income ?7.8×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 402 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #3,180 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences142
Theft67
Burglary38
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons35
Drugs29
Robbery7
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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