Rickmansworth North & Loudwater

Three Rivers · East of England · population 6,112 · 4 LSOAs

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

99Area Score / 100 ?
  • #87 of 6,856 in England
  • #13 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 12 in Three Rivers
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,185
Median age (est.)47
Density951per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above54%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 3%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 5%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 5%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 30% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors30%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades5%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary2%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 66%Asian: 26%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 66%Asian 26%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 23% · Hindu 15%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Rickmansworth North & Loudwater is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #87 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #4 of 12 in Three Rivers. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (100) but weak on Housing & access (41). Typical homes here sold for about £819,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 82 sales), 49% above the wider Three Rivers median of £550,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,522 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £58,617 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 100 · #32
Employment 100 · #19
Education 98 · #149
Health 97 · #183
Crime 92 · #540
Housing & access 41 · #4,049
Living environment 82 · #1,253

House prices ?

£819,000median (12m) · +3.1% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£819,00082+3.1%+22.2%
Detached£1,300,00045-4.2%+6.3%
Semi-detached£724,50012
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Flat£362,50024-3.3%-9.4%
This area£819,000
Three Rivers£550,000
East of England£348,000
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)£58,617±£8,480 · #247 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£48,029
Price-to-income ?14.0×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 ?

5Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 277 offences
Three Rivers54
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,708 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences114
Theft58
Burglary22
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons21
Drugs15
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 48 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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