Central Romford

Havering · London · population 9,560 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,899 of 6,856 in England
  • #679 of 1,002 in London
  • #26 of 30 in Havering
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,364
Median age (est.)35
Density5,977per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above38%
No car or van45%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 37%45–64 21%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 18%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 37%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 66%Asian: 15%Black: 10%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 66%Asian 15%Black 10%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 28% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Central Romford is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,899 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 30 in Havering. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (48) and lowest on Crime (11). Typical homes here sold for about £302,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 117 sales), 33% below the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,395 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 319 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,263
Employment 27 · #5,030
Education 48 · #3,535
Health 41 · #4,022
Crime 11 · #6,085
Housing & access 39 · #4,186
Living environment 34 · #4,516

House prices ?

£302,000median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£302,000117+4.1%+16.2%
Detached£685,0006+3.8%+10.5%
Semi-detached£595,00033+15.5%+20.2%
Terraced£485,00015+7.8%+46.1%
Flat£220,00063-10.9%-8.3%
This area£302,000
Havering£450,000
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)£45,395±£6,413 · #1,982 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,842
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

319 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,049 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #6,355 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences974
Theft967
Burglary54
Vehicle crime119
Criminal damage & arson181
Public order & weapons329
Drugs258
Robbery130
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 666 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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