Leytonstone North

Waltham Forest · London · population 7,863 · 5 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,056 of 6,856 in England
  • #489 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,113
Median age (est.)36
Density5,431per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above51%
No car or van45%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 40%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 17%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 11%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 11%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 21%Black: 13%Mixed: 7%Other: 4%
White 56%Asian 21%Black 13%Mixed 7%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 36% · No religion 33% · Muslim 19%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

Leytonstone North is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,056 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 28 in Waltham Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (74) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 81 sales), 8% below the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £52,415 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 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 37 · #4,337
Employment 43 · #3,912
Education 74 · #1,780
Health 53 · #3,234
Crime 41 · #4,022
Housing & access 40 · #4,097
Living environment 6 · #6,407

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · -5.7% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,00081-5.7%+22.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£771,8358-11.1%
Terraced£848,12526-9.3%+29.5%
Flat£395,00046-1.2%+8.6%
This area£500,000
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)£52,415±£7,393 · #738 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,614
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 512 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #3,219 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences180
Theft119
Burglary35
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons39
Drugs39
Robbery17
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 334 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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