Archway East

Islington · London · population 9,615 · 6 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,755 of 6,856 in England
  • #643 of 1,002 in London
  • #10 of 23 in Islington
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,572
Median age (est.)35
Density16,056per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above56%
No car or van58%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 13%25–44 37%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 37%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 15%Other: 19%
One person 32%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 15%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors14%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 8%Black: 14%Mixed: 7%Other: 8%
White 64%Asian 8%Black 14%Mixed 7%Other 8%

Religion & identity

No religion 39% · Christian 37% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 36%

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

Archway East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,755 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 23 in Islington. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (67) and lowest on Living environment (19). Typical homes here sold for about £650,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 73 sales), in line with the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,097 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 73 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 24 · #5,187
Employment 30 · #4,824
Education 67 · #2,247
Health 31 · #4,714
Crime 32 · #4,632
Housing & access 31 · #4,701
Living environment 19 · #5,530

House prices ?

£650,000median (12m) · -14.5% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£650,00073-14.5%+8.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,109,00025-9.5%-0.3%
Flat£546,50048+7.7%+24.2%
This area£650,000
Islington£640,000
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)£56,097±£8,151 · #383 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,955
Price-to-income ?11.6×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 ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 700 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #3,703 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences236
Theft136
Burglary51
Vehicle crime67
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons59
Drugs59
Robbery22
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 570 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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