Little Venice

Westminster · London · population 9,400 · 5 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,438 of 6,856 in England
  • #253 of 1,002 in London
  • #5 of 24 in Westminster
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,253
Median age (est.)39
Density16,518per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above66%
No car or van57%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 10%25–44 36%45–64 28%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 47%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 13%Private rent 47%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 7%Other: 15%
One person 38%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 7%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 26% · Associate professional 20%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors26%
Associate professional20%
Caring & leisure5%
Administrative5%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary3%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 67%Asian: 12%Black: 3%Mixed: 6%Other: 11%
White 67%Asian 12%Black 3%Mixed 6%Other 11%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · No religion 29% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 54%

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

Little Venice is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,438 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 24 in Westminster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (93) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £870,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 133 sales), in line with the wider Westminster median of £855,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,705 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £59,676 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 71 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 66 · #2,294
Employment 78 · #1,513
Education 93 · #485
Health 90 · #649
Crime 50 · #3,426
Housing & access 36 · #4,365
Living environment 4 · #6,579

House prices ?

£870,000median (12m) · -6.6% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£870,000133-6.6%-7.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£1,335,0007-61.1%-22.8%
Flat£825,000123-5.1%+4.1%
This area£870,000
Westminster£855,000
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)£59,676±£9,124 · #199 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£48,582
Price-to-income ?14.6×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 ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 664 offences
Westminster370
London102
England83

Rank #3,573 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences150
Theft188
Burglary59
Vehicle crime109
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons41
Drugs46
Robbery18
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 211 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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