Northwood Hills

Hillingdon · London · population 9,345 · 5 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,397 of 6,856 in England
  • #249 of 1,002 in London
  • #10 of 32 in Hillingdon
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,521
Median age (est.)41
Density3,524per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above44%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 19%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 61%Asian: 26%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 61%Asian 26%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 25% · Hindu 14%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Northwood Hills is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,397 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 32 in Hillingdon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (75) and lowest on Housing & access (33). Typical homes here sold for about £550,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 88 sales), 8% above the wider Hillingdon median of £512,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,277 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 52 · #3,261
Employment 56 · #3,021
Education 75 · #1,691
Health 74 · #1,787
Crime 64 · #2,438
Housing & access 33 · #4,618
Living environment 64 · #2,466

House prices ?

£550,500median (12m) · -4.3% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£550,50088-4.3%-2.1%
Detached£813,00013-2.9%+8.4%
Semi-detached£647,50026-4.8%+6.1%
Terraced£556,00023+4.4%+14.6%
Flat£356,50026+4.9%+3.7%
This area£550,500
Hillingdon£512,000
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)£54,277±£7,738 · #530 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,132
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 503 offences
Hillingdon100
London102
England83

Rank #2,394 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences196
Theft98
Burglary38
Vehicle crime74
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons24
Drugs28
Robbery8
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 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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