West Harrow

Harrow · London · population 7,847 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,637 of 6,856 in England
  • #274 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 30 in Harrow
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,824
Median age (est.)38
Density8,454per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above47%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 10%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 10%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 10%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 41%Asian: 36%Black: 10%Mixed: 6%Other: 6%
White 41%Asian 36%Black 10%Mixed 6%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 35% · Hindu 20% · No religion 18%

Born outside the UK: 49%

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

West Harrow is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,637 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 30 in Harrow. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (82) but weak on Living environment (22). Typical homes here sold for about £530,000 over the past year, down 0% across five years (from 44 sales), in line with the wider Harrow median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,036 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 47 · #3,659
Employment 65 · #2,404
Education 78 · #1,499
Health 82 · #1,205
Crime 70 · #2,061
Housing & access 30 · #4,762
Living environment 22 · #5,379

House prices ?

£530,000median (12m) · -2.8% yr · n=44
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£530,00044-2.8%-0.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£645,00014+4.0%+0.4%
Terraced£650,50015+12.2%+16.8%
Flat£307,50014-5.4%+0.8%
This area£530,000
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)£54,036±£7,668 · #554 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,762
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 276 offences
Harrow64
London102
England83

Rank #826 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences105
Theft40
Burglary20
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons18
Drugs12
Robbery7
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 104 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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