Highgate East

Haringey · London · population 5,795 · 4 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,636 of 6,856 in England
  • #178 of 1,002 in London
  • #6 of 36 in Haringey
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,849
Median age (est.)38
Density9,600per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above75%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 42%45–64 26%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 7%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 6%Other: 16%
One person 36%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 6%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 39% · Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 20%

All occupation groups
Professional39%
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure3%
Skilled trades3%
Elementary3%
Sales & customer service3%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 7%Black: 4%Mixed: 7%Other: 3%
White 79%Asian 7%Black 4%Mixed 7%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 33% · Jewish 5%

Born outside the UK: 36%

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

Highgate East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,636 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 36 in Haringey. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (98) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £647,500 over the past year, down 26% across five years (from 84 sales), 13% above the wider Haringey median of £575,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,983 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £71,437 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 81 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 83 · #1,136
Employment 84 · #1,067
Education 98 · #128
Health 82 · #1,198
Crime 54 · #3,158
Housing & access 50 · #3,439
Living environment 7 · #6,394

House prices ?

£647,500median (12m) · -14.0% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£647,50084-14.0%-25.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£1,982,5006+13.3%-6.5%
Terraced£1,326,00014-10.1%+4.8%
Flat£580,00063-2.5%+7.1%
This area£647,500
Haringey£575,000
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)£71,437±£10,707 · #19 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£55,989
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

81 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 468 offences
Haringey106
London102
England83

Rank #4,113 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences102
Theft180
Burglary37
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons27
Drugs9
Robbery18
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 133 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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