Harold Park & Harold Wood

Havering · London · population 9,917 · 6 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,007 of 6,856 in England
  • #215 of 1,002 in London
  • #13 of 30 in Havering
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,779
Median age (est.)39
Density1,446per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above35%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 32%45–64 23%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 8%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 10%Black: 6%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 79%Asian 10%Black 6%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 35% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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 Park & Harold Wood is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,007 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 30 in Havering. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (74) and lowest on Housing & access (26). Typical homes here sold for about £432,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 148 sales), in line with the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,050 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 65 · #2,390
Employment 73 · #1,842
Education 69 · #2,144
Health 74 · #1,794
Crime 64 · #2,452
Housing & access 26 · #5,057
Living environment 53 · #3,206

House prices ?

£432,500median (12m) · +0.6% yr · n=148
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£432,500148+0.6%+12.3%
Detached£750,0008+11.9%+53.1%
Semi-detached£484,25058+3.7%+16.0%
Terraced£435,50037+5.7%+16.8%
Flat£290,00045-10.4%+7.4%
This area£432,500
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)£51,050±£7,230 · #895 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£47,496
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 657 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #3,287 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences191
Theft177
Burglary49
Vehicle crime74
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons63
Drugs27
Robbery25
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 188 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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