West Norwood East

Lambeth · London · population 9,410 · 5 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,180 of 6,856 in England
  • #512 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 35 in Lambeth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,534
Median age (est.)36
Density8,413per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above57%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 38%45–64 26%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 21%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 14%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 14%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative6%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 6%Black: 20%Mixed: 9%Other: 5%
White 60%Asian 6%Black 20%Mixed 9%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 41% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 34%

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

West Norwood East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,180 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 35 in Lambeth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (71) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £508,750 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 126 sales), in line with the wider Lambeth median of £535,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,194 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 89 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 38 · #4,269
Employment 43 · #3,919
Education 71 · #2,013
Health 57 · #2,966
Crime 37 · #4,303
Housing & access 34 · #4,495
Living environment 5 · #6,538

House prices ?

£508,750median (12m) · +6.3% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£508,750126+6.3%+13.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£1,500,00017+12.8%+11.3%
Terraced£830,00032+0.6%+45.6%
Flat£444,00077+3.9%+6.2%
This area£508,750
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)£54,194±£7,833 · #536 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,809
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

17Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 835 offences
Lambeth120
London102
England83

Rank #4,485 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences249
Theft209
Burglary44
Vehicle crime133
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons61
Drugs31
Robbery26
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 234 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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