Pollards Hill

Merton · London · population 8,345 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,920 of 6,856 in England
  • #684 of 1,002 in London
  • #24 of 25 in Merton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,307
Median age (est.)36
Density7,162per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above33%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 14%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 31%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 21%Other: 22%
One person 22%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 21%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 37%Asian: 17%Black: 35%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 37%Asian 17%Black 35%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 19% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Pollards Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,920 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 25 in Merton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (48) and lowest on Income (17). Typical homes here sold for about £445,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 41 sales), 19% below the wider Merton median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,475 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 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 17 · #5,688
Employment 24 · #5,242
Education 32 · #4,653
Health 48 · #3,597
Crime 34 · #4,495
Housing & access 39 · #4,207
Living environment 41 · #4,022

House prices ?

£445,000median (12m) · +4.7% yr · n=41
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£445,00041+4.7%+17.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£447,50030-0.6%+9.1%
Flat£282,5006+22.8%+17.7%
This area£445,000
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)£48,475±£7,014 · #1,360 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,033
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 542 offences
Merton61
London102
England83

Rank #3,203 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft77
Burglary20
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons42
Drugs39
Robbery18
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 171 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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