New Malden East

Kingston upon Thames · London · population 9,103 · 5 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,671 of 6,856 in England
  • #182 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,245
Median age (est.)40
Density6,029per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above56%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 27%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 7%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades7%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 27%Black: 2%Mixed: 6%Other: 6%
White 60%Asian 27%Black 2%Mixed 6%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 32% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

New Malden East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,671 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 20 in Kingston upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (93) but weak on Living environment (15). Typical homes here, about £655,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 101 sales), 19% above the wider Kingston upon Thames median of £550,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,049 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £61,414 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 54 · #3,138
Employment 74 · #1,753
Education 87 · #862
Health 93 · #505
Crime 66 · #2,342
Housing & access 92 · #540
Living environment 15 · #5,852

House prices ?

£655,000median (12m) · +4.8% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£655,000101+4.8%+29.7%
Detached£1,243,00011-14.3%+52.0%
Semi-detached£912,00027+13.3%+27.0%
Terraced£696,00022+4.3%+27.7%
Flat£454,00041+14.4%+12.1%
This area£655,000
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)£61,414±£8,796 · #138 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,776
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 560 offences
Kingston upon Thames70
London102
England83

Rank #2,965 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences192
Theft180
Burglary38
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons32
Drugs9
Robbery25
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 180 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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