Headstone Lane

Harrow · London · population 8,340 · 5 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,424 of 6,856 in England
  • #155 of 1,002 in London
  • #5 of 30 in Harrow
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,192
Median age (est.)39
Density3,857per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above52%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 7%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 17%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 41%Lone parent: 11%Other: 21%
One person 17%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 41%Lone parent 11%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional12%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 32%Asian: 50%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 7%
White 32%Asian 50%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 31% · Hindu 29% · Muslim 14%

Born outside the UK: 47%

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

Headstone Lane is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,424 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 30 in Harrow. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (91) and lowest on Housing & access (45). Typical homes here sold for about £650,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 43 sales), 18% above the wider Harrow median of £550,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,966 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £57,002 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 41 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 55 · #3,083
Employment 78 · #1,479
Education 87 · #917
Health 91 · #615
Crime 80 · #1,396
Housing & access 45 · #3,789
Living environment 45 · #3,782

House prices ?

£650,000median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=43
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£650,00043-2.3%+8.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£720,00023+2.5%+23.1%
Terraced£546,1009-13.5%-9.0%
Flat£370,5008+16.5%
This area£650,000
Harrow£550,000
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)£57,002±£8,154 · #328 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,742
Price-to-income ?11.4×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 ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 344 offences
Harrow64
London102
England83

Rank #1,342 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft52
Burglary27
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons21
Drugs18
Robbery10
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 126 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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