Streatham Common

Lambeth · London · population 8,720 · 5 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,173 of 6,856 in England
  • #510 of 1,002 in London
  • #14 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,742
Median age (est.)37
Density7,804per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above50%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 38%45–64 24%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 17%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 13%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 13%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 9%Black: 20%Mixed: 8%Other: 5%
White 57%Asian 9%Black 20%Mixed 8%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 32% · Muslim 9%

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

Streatham Common is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,173 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (73) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £430,500 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 80 sales), 20% below the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,236 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 84 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 36 · #4,399
Employment 44 · #3,830
Education 73 · #1,869
Health 60 · #2,740
Crime 34 · #4,543
Housing & access 30 · #4,783
Living environment 4 · #6,558

House prices ?

£430,500median (12m) · -20.6% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,50080-20.6%-8.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£971,50012-2.8%-2.9%
Terraced£775,00022+1.6%+10.7%
Flat£350,00046-14.6%-6.7%
This area£430,500
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)£52,236±£7,349 · #756 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,206
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

84 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 734 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #4,287 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences219
Theft147
Burglary72
Vehicle crime121
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons60
Drugs30
Robbery27
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 252 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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