Northwood

Hillingdon · London · population 10,534 · 6 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,665 of 6,856 in England
  • #277 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 32 in Hillingdon
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,415
Median age (est.)40
Density3,819per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above48%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 13%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 18%
One person 32%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 30%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 56%Asian 30%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 21% · Hindu 15%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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 is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,665 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 32 in Hillingdon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (75) and lowest on Living environment (34). Typical homes here sold for about £600,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 89 sales), 17% above the wider Hillingdon median of £512,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,890 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £55,139 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 85 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 45 · #3,748
Employment 63 · #2,548
Education 75 · #1,732
Health 74 · #1,815
Crime 56 · #2,987
Housing & access 34 · #4,529
Living environment 34 · #4,550

House prices ?

£600,000median (12m) · +14.3% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£600,00089+14.3%+12.1%
Detached£775,00019+8.6%+3.3%
Semi-detached£740,00029+2.8%+31.0%
Terraced£523,00012-0.9%+12.9%
Flat£390,00029-6.0%+11.4%
This area£600,000
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)£55,139±£7,778 · #465 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,216
Price-to-income ?10.9×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

85 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 893 offences
Hillingdon100
London102
England83

Rank #4,315 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences234
Theft305
Burglary78
Vehicle crime85
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons62
Drugs58
Robbery30
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 223 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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