Old Street & St Luke's

Islington · London · population 11,493 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,865 of 6,856 in England
  • #667 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 23 in Islington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,672
Median age (est.)32
Density14,118per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above51%
No car or van78%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 17%25–44 39%45–64 20%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 12%Social rent: 52%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 12%Social rent 52%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 16%Other: 16%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 16%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary7%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 13%Black: 15%Mixed: 6%Other: 9%
White 56%Asian 13%Black 15%Mixed 6%Other 9%

Religion & identity

No religion 36% · Christian 36% · Muslim 13%

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

Old Street & St Luke's is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,865 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 23 in Islington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (70) but weak on Income (14). Typical homes here sold for about £600,000 over the past year, down 33% across five years (from 63 sales), 6% below the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,517 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 263 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 14 · #5,914
Employment 26 · #5,064
Education 52 · #3,282
Health 36 · #4,378
Crime 44 · #3,803
Housing & access 70 · #2,075
Living environment 16 · #5,777

House prices ?

£600,000median (12m) · -36.7% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£600,00063-36.7%-33.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Flat£600,00063-36.6%-33.2%
This area£600,000
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)£47,517±£6,923 · #1,544 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,459
Price-to-income ?12.6×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

263 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,025 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #6,312 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences570
Theft1,557
Burglary137
Vehicle crime135
Criminal damage & arson104
Public order & weapons167
Drugs205
Robbery130
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 617 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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