Passmores & The High

Harlow · East of England · population 9,008 · 6 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,091 of 6,856 in England
  • #656 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 11 in Harlow
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,822
Median age (est.)36
Density4,870per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above24%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 36%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 16%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 16%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 9%Black: 9%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 78%Asian 9%Black 9%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 40% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Passmores & The High is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,091 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 11 in Harlow. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (75) but weak on Crime (9). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 73 sales), 12% below the wider Harlow median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,417 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 227 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,276
Employment 21 · #5,393
Education 22 · #5,318
Health 41 · #4,036
Crime 9 · #6,236
Housing & access 44 · #3,844
Living environment 75 · #1,739

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,00073+1.7%+15.7%
Detached£500,0005+15.7%
Semi-detached£390,50010-2.4%+11.6%
Terraced£317,00040+2.3%+23.7%
Flat£193,25018+5.9%+7.4%
This area£295,000
Harlow£335,000
East of England£348,000
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)£38,417±£5,447 · #3,894 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,884
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

227 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,043 offences
Harlow97
East of England70
England83

Rank #6,244 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences731
Theft547
Burglary38
Vehicle crime56
Criminal damage & arson196
Public order & weapons238
Drugs171
Robbery30
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 180 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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