Stockwell East

Lambeth · London · population 9,457 · 5 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,426 of 6,856 in England
  • #567 of 1,002 in London
  • #21 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,631
Median age (est.)33
Density16,729per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above57%
No car or van65%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 13%25–44 46%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 41%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 41%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 15%Other: 22%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 15%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary9%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 51%Asian: 5%Black: 30%Mixed: 8%Other: 6%
White 51%Asian 5%Black 30%Mixed 8%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 40% · Muslim 9%

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

Stockwell East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,426 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 35 in Lambeth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (61) and lowest on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £510,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 100 sales), in line with the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,757 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 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 28 · #4,920
Employment 38 · #4,248
Education 61 · #2,692
Health 38 · #4,255
Crime 30 · #4,790
Housing & access 32 · #4,687
Living environment 20 · #5,489

House prices ?

£510,000median (12m) · -2.9% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£510,000100-2.9%+4.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£800,0005+27.5%
Flat£503,50094-3.2%+6.0%
This area£510,000
Lambeth£535,000
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)£48,757±£7,154 · #1,286 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,858
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 654 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #3,477 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences253
Theft150
Burglary37
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons45
Drugs42
Robbery33
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 302 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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