Baker's Arms

Waltham Forest · London · population 11,715 · 6 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,859 of 6,856 in England
  • #913 of 1,002 in London
  • #28 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,799
Median age (est.)35
Density16,866per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above37%
No car or van52%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 36%45–64 23%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 33%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 18%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 18%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary16%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 32%Black: 19%Mixed: 6%Other: 7%
White 36%Asian 32%Black 19%Mixed 6%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 37% · Christian 34% · No religion 19%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Baker's Arms is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,859 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (34) and lowest on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £465,000 over the past year, down 9% across five years (from 65 sales), 14% below the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £44,502 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 11 · #6,120
Employment 20 · #5,496
Education 32 · #4,625
Health 34 · #4,550
Crime 23 · #5,283
Housing & access 13 · #5,962
Living environment 6 · #6,455

House prices ?

£465,000median (12m) · -3.1% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£465,00065-3.1%-8.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£731,25028+9.8%+25.4%
Flat£317,00033-3.9%-16.0%
This area£465,000
Waltham Forest£541,565
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)£44,502±£6,375 · #2,196 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,589
Price-to-income ?10.4×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

109 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,275 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #5,172 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences440
Theft323
Burglary44
Vehicle crime117
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons90
Drugs111
Robbery48
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 362 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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