Canonbury East & Mildmay Park

Islington · London · population 10,026 · 6 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,078 of 6,856 in England
  • #723 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 23 in Islington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,439
Median age (est.)35
Density15,710per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above59%
No car or van68%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 40%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 35%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors17%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 7%Black: 10%Mixed: 8%Other: 6%
White 69%Asian 7%Black 10%Mixed 8%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 36% · Muslim 7%

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

Canonbury East & Mildmay Park is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,078 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 23 in Islington. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (54) and lowest on Living environment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £638,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 130 sales), in line with the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,496 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 22 · #5,318
Employment 25 · #5,146
Education 52 · #3,275
Health 26 · #5,105
Crime 24 · #5,180
Housing & access 54 · #3,165
Living environment 10 · #6,181

House prices ?

£638,000median (12m) · -9.0% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£638,000130-9.0%-7.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£1,725,00021+3.0%+62.7%
Flat£605,000107+0.8%-7.6%
This area£638,000
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)£52,496±£7,874 · #725 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,728
Price-to-income ?12.2×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
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Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 897 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #4,527 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences295
Theft246
Burglary62
Vehicle crime74
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons73
Drugs62
Robbery32
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 262 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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