Elm Park West

Havering · London · population 8,717 · 5 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,911 of 6,856 in England
  • #308 of 1,002 in London
  • #18 of 30 in Havering
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,635
Median age (est.)40
Density3,322per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above29%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 15%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 14%Other: 18%
One person 23%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 14%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Administrative 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Administrative13%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 12%Black: 9%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 73%Asian 12%Black 9%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 30% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Elm Park West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,911 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 30 in Havering. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (64) and lowest on Income (46). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 88 sales), in line with the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,591 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,707
Employment 53 · #3,206
Education 48 · #3,590
Health 64 · #2,486
Crime 55 · #3,110
Housing & access 48 · #3,549
Living environment 58 · #2,850

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · +0.8% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,00088+0.8%+18.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£470,00027+3.3%+21.9%
Terraced£440,00052+2.3%+18.1%
Flat£273,0008+10.1%+16.2%
This area£440,000
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)£47,591±£6,784 · #1,527 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,206
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 601 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #3,455 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences199
Theft178
Burglary28
Vehicle crime53
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons47
Drugs24
Robbery32
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 163 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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