Rayners Lane South

Harrow · London · population 8,172 · 5 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,349 of 6,856 in England
  • #244 of 1,002 in London
  • #9 of 30 in Harrow
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,268
Median age (est.)38
Density8,560per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above43%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 13%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 3%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 16%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 42%Lone parent: 9%Other: 23%
One person 16%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 42%Lone parent 9%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%
Caring & leisure6%

Ethnic group

White: 26%Asian: 55%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 10%
White 26%Asian 55%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Hindu 39% · Christian 29% · Muslim 13%

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

Rayners Lane South is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,349 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 30 in Harrow. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (90) but weak on Income (34). Typical homes here sold for about £560,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 43 sales), in line with the wider Harrow median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,481 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 34 · #4,516
Employment 72 · #1,938
Education 67 · #2,233
Health 90 · #704
Crime 80 · #1,349
Housing & access 38 · #4,234
Living environment 53 · #3,206

House prices ?

£560,000median (12m) · +0.2% yr · n=43
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£560,00043+0.2%+14.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£572,0008-3.9%+3.1%
Terraced£565,00031+2.7%+17.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£560,000
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)£52,481±£7,660 · #728 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,189
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 356 offences
Harrow64
London102
England83

Rank #1,568 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences142
Theft62
Burglary29
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons25
Drugs5
Robbery6
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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