Hook

Kingston upon Thames · London · population 7,805 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,369 of 6,856 in England
  • #147 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,881
Median age (est.)41
Density4,818per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above35%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 7%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 22%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 12%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 78%Asian 12%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 32% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Hook is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,369 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Living environment (35). Typical homes here sold for about £512,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 91 sales), 7% below the wider Kingston upon Thames median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,965 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 63 · #2,521
Employment 75 · #1,698
Education 65 · #2,390
Health 82 · #1,225
Crime 73 · #1,828
Housing & access 92 · #533
Living environment 35 · #4,481

House prices ?

£512,500median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£512,50091+2.5%+17.8%
Detached£620,0007+12.0%-0.8%
Semi-detached£535,00041+2.9%+13.8%
Terraced£495,00029+7.4%+23.8%
Flat£240,50014-24.8%+3.7%
This area£512,500
Kingston upon Thames£550,000
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)£52,965±£7,558 · #672 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,441
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 436 offences
Kingston upon Thames70
London102
England83

Rank #2,549 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences160
Theft70
Burglary22
Vehicle crime65
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons37
Drugs12
Robbery5
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 131 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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