Finsbury Park West

Islington · London · population 9,412 · 5 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,332 of 6,856 in England
  • #977 of 1,002 in London
  • #23 of 23 in Islington
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,432
Median age (est.)32
Density19,619per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above43%
No car or van70%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 14%25–44 37%45–64 22%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 9%Social rent: 58%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 9%Social rent 58%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 19%Other: 17%
One person 36%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 19%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 17% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional17%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 42%Asian: 12%Black: 28%Mixed: 7%Other: 11%
White 42%Asian 12%Black 28%Mixed 7%Other 11%

Religion & identity

Christian 34% · No religion 28% · Muslim 26%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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

Finsbury Park West is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,332 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 23 in Islington. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (36) and lowest on Income (4). Typical homes here sold for about £525,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 34 sales), 18% below the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,111 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 197 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 4 · #6,613
Employment 8 · #6,305
Education 36 · #4,399
Health 18 · #5,626
Crime 10 · #6,188
Housing & access 12 · #6,058
Living environment 20 · #5,509

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=34
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,00034+6.1%-7.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,070,0007+15.7%
Flat£480,00027-2.7%-14.5%
This area£525,000
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)£43,111±£6,289 · #2,558 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,021
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 ?

3Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

197 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,852 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #6,169 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences531
Theft570
Burglary75
Vehicle crime69
Criminal damage & arson91
Public order & weapons152
Drugs242
Robbery105
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 652 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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