Paddington & St George's Fields

Westminster · London · population 9,380 · 6 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,303 of 6,856 in England
  • #533 of 1,002 in London
  • #17 of 24 in Westminster
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,699
Median age (est.)34
Density12,629per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above60%
No car or van68%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 19%25–44 37%45–64 22%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 12%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 54%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 12%Social rent 16%Private rent 54%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 45%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 25% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors25%
Associate professional16%
Administrative5%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary4%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%
Skilled trades3%

Ethnic group

White: 46%Asian: 23%Black: 6%Mixed: 6%Other: 17%
White 46%Asian 23%Black 6%Mixed 6%Other 17%

Religion & identity

Christian 29% · Muslim 27% · No religion 23%

Born outside the UK: 65%

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

Paddington & St George's Fields is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,303 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 24 in Westminster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (68) but weak on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £790,000 over the past year, down 32% across five years (from 101 sales), 8% below the wider Westminster median of £855,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,258 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 226 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 44 · #3,864
Employment 52 · #3,282
Education 66 · #2,322
Health 68 · #2,226
Crime 20 · #5,482
Housing & access 31 · #4,755
Living environment 3 · #6,668

House prices ?

£790,000median (12m) · -17.7% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£790,000101-17.7%-31.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£2,175,00011+20.8%-45.8%
Flat£580,00089-32.9%-48.4%
This area£790,000
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)£55,258±£8,461 · #451 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,059
Price-to-income ?14.3×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 ?

226 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,120 offences
Westminster370
London102
England83

Rank #6,240 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences512
Theft883
Burglary135
Vehicle crime126
Criminal damage & arson116
Public order & weapons132
Drugs114
Robbery69
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 405 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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