Sutton West

Sutton · London · population 8,043 · 5 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,226 of 6,856 in England
  • #236 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 24 in Sutton
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,171
Median age (est.)38
Density6,554per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above39%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 26%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 11%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 26%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 17%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 70%Asian 17%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 35% · Hindu 7%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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

Sutton West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,226 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 24 in Sutton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (78) and lowest on Living environment (27). Typical homes here sold for about £459,500 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 96 sales), in line with the wider Sutton median of £455,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,627 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 60 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 52 · #3,288
Employment 61 · #2,685
Education 72 · #1,883
Health 78 · #1,534
Crime 60 · #2,740
Housing & access 73 · #1,828
Living environment 27 · #5,002

House prices ?

£459,500median (12m) · -4.3% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£459,50096-4.3%+14.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£578,75024+1.5%+28.6%
Terraced£490,00045-2.0%+21.0%
Flat£299,75026-0.6%+3.4%
This area£459,500
Sutton£455,000
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)£54,627±£7,768 · #496 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,276
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

60 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 479 offences
Sutton63
London102
England83

Rank #2,835 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft59
Burglary21
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons56
Drugs23
Robbery8
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 130 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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