Walworth North

Southwark · London · population 10,288 · 6 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,735 of 6,856 in England
  • #635 of 1,002 in London
  • #22 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,794
Median age (est.)32
Density16,725per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above54%
No car or van73%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 15%25–44 45%45–64 19%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 41%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 41%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 11%Lone parent: 15%Other: 22%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 11%Lone parent 15%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 49%Asian: 11%Black: 25%Mixed: 7%Other: 7%
White 49%Asian 11%Black 25%Mixed 7%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 36% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 46%

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

Walworth North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,735 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (68) but weak on Crime (10). Typical homes here sold for about £550,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 75 sales), in line with the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,474 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 185 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 27 · #4,982
Employment 43 · #3,905
Education 68 · #2,185
Health 32 · #4,646
Crime 10 · #6,140
Housing & access 35 · #4,433
Living environment 13 · #5,955

House prices ?

£550,000median (12m) · -2.8% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£550,00075-2.8%-8.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£962,50012-1.8%+51.2%
Flat£495,00063-8.3%-17.5%
This area£550,000
Southwark£540,000
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)£49,474±£7,100 · #1,156 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,807
Price-to-income ?11.1×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 →

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Recorded crime ?

185 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,902 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #6,127 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences488
Theft832
Burglary87
Vehicle crime67
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons106
Drugs131
Robbery97
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 646 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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