Camden: local statistics
Camden is a London borough in London, home to an estimated 216,658 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Camden, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Camden sold for an average of £815,159 in July 2026, a fall of 10.1% in twelve months. It ranks as the 3rd highest in London; the average for London was £550,037. The July peak was £907,073 in 2025, and prices are 9% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Camden (£53,133) gives a ratio of 15.3. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of the 32 council areas in London.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Camden took home £1,032.40 a week before tax (£53,133 a year). It is the 2nd highest in London, and 14.4% more than across London. Jobs based in Camden paid a median £1,038.20 a week, £5.80 more than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £726.40: a change of +42% before inflation.
Police recorded 37,587 crimes in Camden in the year to March 2026, 173.5 for every 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest rate of the 33 council areas in London. That compares with 191.1 per 1,000 the year before. The highest rate in the series was 191.1, in the year to March 2025. Fraud is not included.
The ONS counted 42,310 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Camden in March 2026, 37% more than in 2016. That is 195 for every 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest of the 33 council areas in London.
Camden had an estimated 216,658 residents in mid-2025, a change of -1.8% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is -2.0% (London: +5.4%). That is 30th of 33 in London, counting from the fastest growth. The series peaked at 221,032 in mid-2015.
A girl born in Camden in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.9 years and a boy 80.7 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.3 years for women and -0.1 for men. It is the 5th highest for women of the 32 council areas in London.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 69.3% of Camden residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 6.6 points either way, against 74.8% across London. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 66.0% to 73.0%.
In August 2026, 7,300 people in Camden were on the claimant count, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 (London: 5.5%). That compares with 4.7% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 6.1% in August 2021 and was lowest at 4.0% in January 2023.
Average Band D council tax in Camden is £2,207.55 for 2026-27, up £100.86 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 33 council areas in London (14th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,359.66, so it has risen 62%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 221,032 |
| 2016 | 221,024 |
| 2017 | 218,833 |
| 2018 | 217,915 |
| 2019 | 217,136 |
| 2020 | 214,768 |
| 2021 | 210,968 |
| 2022 | 219,521 |
| 2023 | 220,879 |
| 2024 | 220,558 |
| 2025 | 216,658 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £746,738 |
| July 2017 | £856,794 |
| July 2018 | £829,692 |
| July 2019 | £886,331 |
| July 2020 | £810,762 |
| July 2021 | £859,918 |
| July 2022 | £848,087 |
| July 2023 | £826,804 |
| July 2024 | £869,317 |
| July 2025 | £907,073 |
| July 2026 | £815,159 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £726.40 a week |
| 2016 | £737.50 a week |
| 2017 | £725.50 a week |
| 2018 | £766.60 a week |
| 2019 | £795.40 a week |
| 2020 | £745.30 a week |
| 2021 | £787.10 a week |
| 2022 | £803.90 a week |
| 2023 | £812.90 a week |
| 2024 | £877.80 a week |
| 2025 | £1,032.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,359.66 |
| 2017-18 | £1,417.75 |
| 2018-19 | £1,488.72 |
| 2019-20 | £1,562.63 |
| 2020-21 | £1,623.73 |
| 2021-22 | £1,719.77 |
| 2022-23 | £1,792.22 |
| 2023-24 | £1,900.46 |
| 2024-25 | £2,010.87 |
| 2025-26 | £2,106.69 |
| 2026-27 | £2,207.55 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 136.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 140.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 174.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 167.4 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 180.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 118.6 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 146.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 167.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 185.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 191.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 173.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 68.5% |
| 2016/17 | 70.3% |
| 2017/18 | 66.0% |
| 2018/19 | 70.7% |
| 2019/20 | 72.5% |
| 2020/21 | 69.4% |
| 2021/22 | 71.5% |
| 2022/23 | 71.4% |
| 2023/24 | 67.2% |
| 2024/25 | 73.0% |
| 2025/26 | 69.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 85.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 30,915 |
| 2017 | 33,085 |
| 2018 | 34,745 |
| 2019 | 36,040 |
| 2020 | 36,810 |
| 2021 | 37,680 |
| 2022 | 38,165 |
| 2023 | 38,420 |
| 2024 | 40,140 |
| 2025 | 41,260 |
| 2026 | 42,310 |
Questions about Camden
What is the average house price in Camden?
£815,159 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-10.1% on a year).
What is the average salary in Camden?
£1,032.40 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Camden?
173.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the population of Camden?
216,658 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Camden?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.7 years for men and 85.9 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Camden?
7,300 in August 2026 (4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
How much is Band D council tax in Camden?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,207.55 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Camden
Every body that makes decisions for Camden, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Camden council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Camden in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Hampstead and Highgate: Tulip Siddiq (Labour) MP
- Holborn and St Pancras: Sagal Abdi-Wali (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: London
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in London: Barking and Dagenham · Islington · Merton · Richmond upon Thames · Sutton · Westminster
Related questions
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