Rickmansworth West

Three Rivers · East of England · population 9,032 · 5 LSOAs

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #745 of 6,856 in England
  • #82 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 12 in Three Rivers
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,024
Median age (est.)41
Density3,779per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above47%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 14%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 10%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 10%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 33% · Hindu 5%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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 West is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #745 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 12 in Three Rivers. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (87) and lowest on Living environment (65). Typical homes here sold for about £585,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 100 sales), 6% above the wider Three Rivers median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,991 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 78 · #1,534
Employment 85 · #1,047
Education 84 · #1,074
Health 87 · #903
Crime 76 · #1,671
Housing & access 78 · #1,513
Living environment 65 · #2,411

House prices ?

£585,000median (12m) · -1.7% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£585,000100-1.7%+15.8%
Detached£955,00021-10.5%+3.9%
Semi-detached£657,50028+4.2%+12.6%
Terraced£545,00028+7.7%+13.1%
Flat£320,00023-8.6%-5.2%
This area£585,000
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)£51,991±£7,377 · #790 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,801
Price-to-income ?11.3×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 462 offences
Three Rivers54
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,217 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences232
Theft93
Burglary17
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons34
Drugs8
Robbery8
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 138 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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