Highams Park West
Waltham Forest · London · population 9,740 · 5 LSOAs
Part of Highams Park · Postcode E17 · E4
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,857 of 6,856 in England
- #456 of 1,002 in London
- #9 of 28 in Waltham Forest
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 11%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 21% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Managers & directors | 11% |
| Elementary | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Skilled trades | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 8% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 41% · No religion 24% · Muslim 21%
Born outside the UK: 34%
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
Highams Park West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,857 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (65) and lowest on Income (27). Typical homes here sold for about £540,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 75 sales), in line with the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £55,056 a year, among England's highest. 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £540,000 | 75 | +0.5% | +18.7% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
| Semi-detached | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
| Terraced | £610,000 | 48 | +2.7% | +28.3% |
| Flat | £300,000 | 23 | +3.0% | +14.5% |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #5,778 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #2,204 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 187 |
| Theft | 52 |
| Burglary | 38 |
| Vehicle crime | 90 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 29 |
| Public order & weapons | 33 |
| Drugs | 44 |
| Robbery | 12 |
| Other | 13 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 142 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Waltham Forest
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Morden CentralMerton44£443,000
- Caister on SeaGreat Yarmouth44£243,000
- Stourbridge Town & Old QuarterDudley44£240,000
- Swadlincote NorthSouth Derbyshire44£239,950
- Boultham & New BoulthamLincoln44£200,000
- Dunston HillGateshead44£168,000