Plumstead High Street

Greenwich · London · population 11,313 · 5 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,434 of 6,856 in England
  • #811 of 1,002 in London
  • #29 of 35 in Greenwich
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,064
Median age (est.)35
Density10,014per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above33%
No car or van47%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 24%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 16%Other: 26%
One person 26%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 16%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 29%Asian: 34%Black: 23%Mixed: 4%Other: 9%
White 29%Asian 34%Black 23%Mixed 4%Other 9%

Religion & identity

Christian 35% · No religion 17% · Hindu 16%

Born outside the UK: 55%

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

Plumstead High Street is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,434 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 35 in Greenwich. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (48) and lowest on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £410,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 44 sales), 11% below the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,785 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 102 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 21 · #5,400
Employment 31 · #4,701
Education 30 · #4,824
Health 48 · #3,570
Crime 24 · #5,174
Housing & access 4 · #6,606
Living environment 12 · #6,037

House prices ?

£410,000median (12m) · +0.6% yr · n=44
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£410,00044+0.6%+21.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£445,0007+17.3%
Terraced£425,00029+2.4%+24.6%
Flat£260,2506+15.7%
This area£410,000
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)£45,785±£6,686 · #1,898 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,368
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

102 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,151 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #5,000 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences393
Theft183
Burglary50
Vehicle crime145
Criminal damage & arson102
Public order & weapons100
Drugs113
Robbery54
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 333 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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