Archway West

Islington · London · population 8,930 · 5 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,084 of 6,856 in England
  • #726 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 23 in Islington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
Compare this area →

People living here Census 2021

Residents8,783
Median age (est.)36
Density12,395per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above56%
No car or van68%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 12%25–44 40%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 44%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 44%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 14%Other: 17%
One person 39%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 14%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 8%Black: 13%Mixed: 10%Other: 6%
White 63%Asian 8%Black 13%Mixed 10%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 41% · Christian 35% · Muslim 10%

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

Archway West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,084 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 23 in Islington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (70) but weak on Crime (15). Typical homes here sold for about £530,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 75 sales), 17% below the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,715 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 257 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 27 · #5,009
Employment 27 · #4,995
Education 70 · #2,020
Health 28 · #4,913
Crime 15 · #5,818
Housing & access 16 · #5,749
Living environment 18 · #5,647

House prices ?

£530,000median (12m) · -3.6% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£530,00075-3.6%+3.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,198,25012-2.8%+32.4%
Flat£475,00062-2.1%-5.0%
This area£530,000
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)£44,715±£6,563 · #2,144 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,170
Price-to-income ?11.9×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 ?

10Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

257 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,294 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #6,302 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences809
Theft819
Burglary74
Vehicle crime98
Criminal damage & arson119
Public order & weapons224
Drugs60
Robbery73
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 685 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 →

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Other areas in Islington

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.