Harold Hill West

Havering · London · population 7,331 · 4 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,043 of 6,856 in England
  • #712 of 1,002 in London
  • #28 of 30 in Havering
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,281
Median age (est.)37
Density4,249per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above27%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 30%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 18%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 18%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary13%
Administrative11%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 9%Black: 13%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 71%Asian 9%Black 13%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 30% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Harold Hill West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,043 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 30 in Havering. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (64) and lowest on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £385,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 43 sales), 14% below the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,671 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 75 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 25 · #5,132
Employment 27 · #5,023
Education 21 · #5,414
Health 35 · #4,461
Crime 31 · #4,755
Housing & access 14 · #5,893
Living environment 64 · #2,438

House prices ?

£385,000median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=43
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£385,00043-3.8%+20.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£407,50016-4.3%+13.8%
Terraced£375,50020-1.2%+19.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£385,000
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)£42,671±£6,084 · #2,662 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,978
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

75 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 549 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #3,815 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences214
Theft112
Burglary12
Vehicle crime60
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons54
Drugs35
Robbery12
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 115 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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