Newington Green

Islington · London · population 8,527 · 5 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,002 of 6,856 in England
  • #703 of 1,002 in London
  • #13 of 23 in Islington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,541
Median age (est.)33
Density16,654per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above55%
No car or van66%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 13%25–44 43%45–64 21%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 47%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 47%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 17%Other: 18%
One person 33%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 17%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary8%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 7%Black: 19%Mixed: 8%Other: 8%
White 58%Asian 7%Black 19%Mixed 8%Other 8%

Religion & identity

No religion 41% · Christian 33% · 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

Newington Green is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,002 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 23 in Islington. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (61) and lowest on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £678,750 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 64 sales), 6% above the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,793 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,503
Employment 27 · #5,009
Education 61 · #2,672
Health 27 · #5,023
Crime 26 · #5,084
Housing & access 44 · #3,809
Living environment 14 · #5,859

House prices ?

£678,750median (12m) · +15.7% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£678,75064+15.7%+18.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£1,350,0007+11.1%
Flat£662,50056+17.6%+37.3%
This area£678,750
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)£51,793±£7,447 · #815 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,846
Price-to-income ?13.1×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 ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 565 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #3,294 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences175
Theft119
Burglary45
Vehicle crime51
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons55
Drugs61
Robbery15
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 149 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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