Clerkenwell

Islington · London · population 11,817 · 7 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,940 of 6,856 in England
  • #471 of 1,002 in London
  • #6 of 23 in Islington
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,312
Median age (est.)32
Density12,170per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above57%
No car or van75%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 20%25–44 40%45–64 20%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 14%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 14%Social rent 39%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 41%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 38% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional38%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Administrative6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 62%Asian: 13%Black: 10%Mixed: 6%Other: 8%
White 62%Asian 13%Black 10%Mixed 6%Other 8%

Religion & identity

No religion 40% · Christian 34% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Clerkenwell is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,940 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 23 in Islington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (67) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £630,000 over the past year, down 20% across five years (from 103 sales), in line with the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,421 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 234 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 36 · #4,413
Employment 42 · #3,953
Education 67 · #2,233
Health 41 · #4,063
Crime 63 · #2,528
Housing & access 60 · #2,726
Living environment 8 · #6,291

House prices ?

£630,000median (12m) · -30.9% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£630,000103-30.9%-19.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£1,468,7506-2.1%-12.4%
Flat£620,50096-27.0%-17.3%
This area£630,000
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)£55,421±£8,082 · #434 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,885
Price-to-income ?11.4×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

234 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,768 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #6,257 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences570
Theft1,485
Burglary175
Vehicle crime63
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons129
Drugs141
Robbery107
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 512 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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