North Kensington

Kensington and Chelsea · London · population 8,923 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,646 of 6,856 in England
  • #615 of 1,002 in London
  • #15 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,993
Median age (est.)38
Density14,730per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above52%
No car or van53%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 46%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 46%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 13%Other: 17%
One person 39%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 13%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional20%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 59%Asian: 9%Black: 15%Mixed: 7%Other: 10%
White 59%Asian 9%Black 15%Mixed 7%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 27% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

North Kensington is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,646 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 21 in Kensington and Chelsea. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (75) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £920,000 over the past year, down 16% across five years (from 74 sales), 20% below the wider Kensington and Chelsea median of £1,150,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,921 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 135 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 32 · #4,639
Employment 37 · #4,303
Education 75 · #1,719
Health 50 · #3,460
Crime 22 · #5,372
Housing & access 21 · #5,420
Living environment 8 · #6,298

House prices ?

£920,000median (12m) · +5.7% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£920,00074+5.7%-16.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£1,550,00021-15.1%-7.5%
Flat£750,00049+5.2%-12.5%
This area£920,000
Kensington and Chelsea£1,150,000
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)£47,921±£7,004 · #1,461 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,601
Price-to-income ?19.2×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

135 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,201 offences
Kensington and Chelsea147
London102
England83

Rank #5,722 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences361
Theft349
Burglary50
Vehicle crime118
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons114
Drugs82
Robbery49
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 378 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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