West Thamesmead

Greenwich · London · population 13,552 · 7 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,879 of 6,856 in England
  • #673 of 1,002 in London
  • #21 of 35 in Greenwich
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents14,104
Median age (est.)33
Density4,430per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above41%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 15%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 25%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 22%Other: 15%
One person 25%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 22%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure14%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 34%Asian: 10%Black: 44%Mixed: 7%Other: 4%
White 34%Asian 10%Black 44%Mixed 7%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 20% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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

West Thamesmead is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,879 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 35 in Greenwich. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (64) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £342,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 83 sales), 26% below the wider Greenwich median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,770 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 97 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 26 · #5,105
Employment 32 · #4,639
Education 64 · #2,466
Health 24 · #5,208
Crime 30 · #4,831
Housing & access 8 · #6,270
Living environment 59 · #2,781

House prices ?

£342,000median (12m) · +1.0% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£342,00083+1.0%+20.0%
Detached£485,0007
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£357,00048-0.8%+12.4%
Flat£260,00025+0.6%+16.1%
This area£342,000
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)£53,770±£8,032 · #592 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,168
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

97 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,315 offences
Greenwich95
London102
England83

Rank #4,838 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences578
Theft250
Burglary46
Vehicle crime100
Criminal damage & arson111
Public order & weapons91
Drugs68
Robbery26
Other45

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 255 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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