Mitcham East

Merton · London · population 8,900 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,125 of 6,856 in England
  • #499 of 1,002 in London
  • #20 of 25 in Merton
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,012
Median age (est.)38
Density9,419per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above36%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 33%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 15%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 14%Other: 25%
One person 23%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 14%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 42%Asian: 29%Black: 17%Mixed: 6%Other: 7%
White 42%Asian 29%Black 17%Mixed 6%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 18% · Hindu 13%

Born outside the UK: 51%

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

Mitcham East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,125 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 25 in Merton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (70) and lowest on Income (24). Typical homes here sold for about £462,500 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 49 sales), 16% below the wider Merton median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,812 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 88 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 24 · #5,201
Employment 43 · #3,892
Education 46 · #3,665
Health 70 · #2,048
Crime 33 · #4,605
Housing & access 36 · #4,351
Living environment 28 · #4,941

House prices ?

£462,500median (12m) · +10.8% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£462,50049+10.8%+8.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£476,00036-0.8%+10.7%
Flat£280,0009+12.4%-8.2%
This area£462,500
Merton£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)£49,812±£7,103 · #1,098 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,691
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 786 offences
Merton61
London102
England83

Rank #4,463 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences371
Theft109
Burglary45
Vehicle crime67
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons76
Drugs35
Robbery26
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 187 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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