Highcroft & Holly Park

Islington · London · population 9,219 · 6 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,996 of 6,856 in England
  • #938 of 1,002 in London
  • #22 of 23 in Islington
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,356
Median age (est.)35
Density14,685per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above49%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 37%45–64 24%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 52%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 52%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 18%Other: 15%
One person 37%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 18%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 8%Black: 19%Mixed: 8%Other: 9%
White 56%Asian 8%Black 19%Mixed 8%Other 9%

Religion & identity

Christian 36% · No religion 36% · Muslim 14%

Born outside the UK: 37%

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

Highcroft & Holly Park is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,996 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 23 in Islington. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (50) and lowest on Income (8). Typical homes here sold for about £590,050 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 70 sales), 8% below the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,534 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 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 8 · #6,277
Employment 11 · #6,120
Education 50 · #3,460
Health 18 · #5,640
Crime 18 · #5,633
Housing & access 16 · #5,791
Living environment 19 · #5,523

House prices ?

£590,050median (12m) · +12.8% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£590,05070+12.8%+20.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£1,395,0009-0.4%+79.7%
Flat£520,00056+4.0%+14.9%
This area£590,050
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)£43,534±£6,353 · #2,440 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,050
Price-to-income ?13.6×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 ?

3Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 819 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #4,492 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences290
Theft128
Burglary50
Vehicle crime101
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons79
Drugs74
Robbery12
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 349 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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