William Morris

Waltham Forest · London · population 9,544 · 5 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,557 of 6,856 in England
  • #592 of 1,002 in London
  • #18 of 28 in Waltham Forest
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,656
Median age (est.)35
Density15,617per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above49%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 39%45–64 23%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 23%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 16%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 16%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 52%Asian: 21%Black: 13%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 52%Asian 21%Black 13%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 34% · Christian 32% · Muslim 23%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

William Morris is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,557 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 28 in Waltham Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (57) and lowest on Living environment (17). Typical homes here sold for about £565,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 105 sales), in line with the wider Waltham Forest median of £541,565. Typical household take-home income is around £55,176 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 59 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 21 · #5,434
Employment 36 · #4,385
Education 57 · #2,953
Health 56 · #2,980
Crime 47 · #3,645
Housing & access 30 · #4,824
Living environment 17 · #5,695

House prices ?

£565,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£565,000105+3.7%+19.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£707,50051+2.2%+21.5%
Flat£515,00051+6.8%+15.1%
This area£565,000
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)£55,176±£7,854 · #457 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,493
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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 562 offences
Waltham Forest83
London102
England83

Rank #2,792 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences218
Theft101
Burglary29
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons36
Drugs37
Robbery18
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 197 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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