Stockwell West

Lambeth · London · population 9,189 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,845 of 6,856 in England
  • #664 of 1,002 in London
  • #28 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,305
Median age (est.)32
Density16,779per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above49%
No car or van66%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 15%25–44 40%45–64 23%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 14%Social rent: 49%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 14%Social rent 49%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 19%Other: 25%
One person 30%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 19%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 15% · Elementary 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional15%
Elementary15%
Managers & directors9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 8%Black: 32%Mixed: 8%Other: 8%
White 44%Asian 8%Black 32%Mixed 8%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 30% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 46%

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 West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,845 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 35 in Lambeth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (53) and lowest on Living environment (12). Typical homes here sold for about £428,500 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 64 sales), 20% below the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,857 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 93 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 21 · #5,441
Employment 36 · #4,392
Education 53 · #3,220
Health 34 · #4,502
Crime 34 · #4,488
Housing & access 32 · #4,646
Living environment 12 · #6,044

House prices ?

£428,500median (12m) · +2.0% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£428,50064+2.0%-0.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£640,0008
Flat£414,75056+0.2%-3.0%
This area£428,500
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)£51,857±£7,508 · #807 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,247
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 855 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #4,664 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences301
Theft226
Burglary55
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons71
Drugs37
Robbery44
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 313 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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