Greenwich East

Greenwich · London · population 10,179 · 6 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,014 of 6,856 in England
  • #316 of 1,002 in London
  • #9 of 35 in Greenwich
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,844
Median age (est.)34
Density11,346per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above65%
No car or van50%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 46%45–64 19%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 22%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Administrative6%
Elementary5%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 66%Asian: 11%Black: 13%Mixed: 7%Other: 4%
White 66%Asian 11%Black 13%Mixed 7%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 39% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Greenwich East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,014 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 35 in Greenwich. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (90) but weak on Living environment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £565,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 119 sales), 23% above the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £60,577 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 98 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,549
Employment 63 · #2,555
Education 90 · #690
Health 58 · #2,891
Crime 26 · #5,105
Housing & access 52 · #3,254
Living environment 18 · #5,592

House prices ?

£565,000median (12m) · -1.5% yr · n=119
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£565,000119-1.5%+16.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£750,00061-2.9%+4.6%
Flat£395,00055-11.2%-12.0%
This area£565,000
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)£60,577±£8,660 · #161 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,631
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

17Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

98 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 995 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #4,865 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences307
Theft353
Burglary67
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage & arson78
Public order & weapons75
Drugs26
Robbery29
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 230 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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