Blackhorse Road

Waltham Forest · London · population 13,490 · 6 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,091 of 6,856 in England
  • #495 of 1,002 in London
  • #14 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,903
Median age (est.)34
Density5,478per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above53%
No car or van56%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 45%45–64 20%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 22%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 55%Asian: 17%Black: 15%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 55%Asian 17%Black 15%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · No religion 34% · Muslim 16%

Born outside the UK: 43%

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

Blackhorse Road is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,091 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (64) and lowest on Living environment (24). Typical homes here sold for about £530,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 170 sales), in line with the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £52,045 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,098
Employment 50 · #3,398
Education 64 · #2,473
Health 55 · #3,076
Crime 42 · #3,981
Housing & access 28 · #4,947
Living environment 24 · #5,215

House prices ?

£530,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=170
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£530,000170+5.0%+15.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£733,16266+13.4%+33.3%
Flat£425,000101-1.7%+8.9%
This area£530,000
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)£52,045±£7,436 · #779 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,458
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,157 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #4,362 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences336
Theft427
Burglary71
Vehicle crime100
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons65
Drugs51
Robbery32
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 321 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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