Kenton West

Harrow · London · population 14,370 · 9 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,294 of 6,856 in England
  • #240 of 1,002 in London
  • #8 of 30 in Harrow
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents14,395
Median age (est.)40
Density6,764per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above41%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 3%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 15%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 10%Other: 33%
One person 15%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 10%Other 33%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 13% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%
Caring & leisure6%

Ethnic group

White: 30%Asian: 57%Black: 6%Mixed: 2%Other: 5%
White 30%Asian 57%Black 6%Mixed 2%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Hindu 37% · Christian 32% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 55%

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

Kenton West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,294 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 30 in Harrow. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (88) but weak on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £618,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 60 sales), 12% 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 #5,923 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £49,652 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 42 · #3,940
Employment 71 · #1,959
Education 62 · #2,630
Health 88 · #834
Crime 75 · #1,691
Housing & access 31 · #4,735
Living environment 53 · #3,213

House prices ?

£618,500median (12m) · -0.6% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£618,50060-0.6%+9.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£650,00037+3.2%+13.8%
Terraced£610,00017-2.0%+8.0%
Flat£346,3756+26.0%
This area£618,500
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)£49,652±£7,164 · #1,120 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,508
Price-to-income ?12.5×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 569 offences
Harrow64
London102
England83

Rank #1,230 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences222
Theft90
Burglary41
Vehicle crime108
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons33
Drugs23
Robbery13
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 123 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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