Richmond Central

Richmond upon Thames · London · population 6,545 · 4 LSOAs

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

91Area Score / 100 ?
  • #588 of 6,856 in England
  • #63 of 1,002 in London
  • #7 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,475
Median age (est.)41
Density5,780per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above73%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 7%25–44 33%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 43%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 6%Private rent 43%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 5%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 5%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 30% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors30%
Associate professional20%
Administrative5%
Caring & leisure3%
Skilled trades2%
Elementary2%
Sales & customer service2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 9%Black: 1%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 80%Asian 9%Black 1%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 39% · Muslim 3%

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

Richmond Central is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #588 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 23 in Richmond upon Thames. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (100) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £850,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 108 sales), 18% above 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 #6,605 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £76,158 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 147 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 98 · #149
Employment 99 · #46
Education 100 · #12
Health 100 · #5
Crime 64 · #2,500
Housing & access 95 · #348
Living environment 5 · #6,517

House prices ?

£850,000median (12m) · +14.5% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£850,000108+14.5%+10.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£4,090,0008+135.1%+78.2%
Terraced£1,450,00023+11.1%-38.8%
Flat£687,50074+10.0%+5.0%
This area£850,000
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)£76,158±£11,618 · #11 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£59,967
Price-to-income ?11.2×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 ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

147 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 965 offences
Richmond upon Thames59
London102
England83

Rank #5,884 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences203
Theft438
Burglary58
Vehicle crime87
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons61
Drugs20
Robbery40
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 270 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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