North Sheen

Richmond upon Thames · London · population 12,227 · 7 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,815 of 6,856 in England
  • #200 of 1,002 in London
  • #19 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,086
Median age (est.)39
Density6,867per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above64%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 8%25–44 33%45–64 26%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 20%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional18%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades4%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 11%Black: 3%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 74%Asian 11%Black 3%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 38% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 37%

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

North Sheen is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,815 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (96) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £695,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 163 sales), in line with the wider Richmond upon Thames median of £717,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,228 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £64,882 a year, among England's highest. 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 62 · #2,617
Employment 69 · #2,116
Education 96 · #300
Health 92 · #581
Crime 56 · #2,994
Housing & access 92 · #574
Living environment 9 · #6,264

House prices ?

£695,000median (12m) · +11.2% yr · n=163
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£695,000163+11.2%+10.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£1,245,00023-4.6%+33.2%
Terraced£965,75048-1.7%+11.0%
Flat£497,50088+2.9%+4.7%
This area£695,000
Richmond upon Thames£717,500
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)£64,882±£9,828 · #64 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,002
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 790 offences
Richmond upon Thames59
London102
England83

Rank #3,181 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences231
Theft203
Burglary60
Vehicle crime115
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons61
Drugs26
Robbery15
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 226 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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