Potter Street

Harlow · East of England · population 7,538 · 5 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,701 of 6,856 in England
  • #628 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 11 in Harlow
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,606
Median age (est.)39
Density3,798per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 36%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 14%
One person 32%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 13% · Skilled trades 12% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Professional12%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 3%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 3%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 44% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Potter Street is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,701 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 11 in Harlow. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (89) but weak on Crime (19). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 62 sales), in line with the wider Harlow median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,748 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 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 26 · #5,050
Employment 25 · #5,153
Education 23 · #5,256
Health 37 · #4,310
Crime 19 · #5,564
Housing & access 46 · #3,665
Living environment 89 · #752

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · -0.6% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,00062-0.6%+20.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£405,00010-8.2%+18.2%
Terraced£320,000400.0%+18.5%
Flat£217,50012+0.9%+40.3%
This area£320,000
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)£38,748±£5,490 · #3,783 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,049
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 577 offences
Harlow97
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,904 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences294
Theft67
Burglary16
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons54
Drugs51
Robbery2
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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