Haringey: local statistics
Haringey is a London borough in London, home to an estimated 266,218 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 Haringey, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In August 2026, 13,850 people in Haringey were on the claimant count, 7.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 (London: 5.5%). A year earlier the rate was 7.5%. The five-year high was 9.5% (August 2021); the low was 6.4% (January 2023).
The ONS estimates that 266,218 people lived in Haringey in mid-2025, down 0.9% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has fallen by 2.5%; London grew by 5.4% over the same years, the 3rd slowest growth in London. The series peaked at 276,262 in mid-2016.
Homes in Haringey sold for an average of £638,690 in July 2026, up 1.0% on a year before. It ranks as the 9th highest of 33 in London; the average for London was £550,037. This July figure is the highest in the series, 10% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Haringey (£43,995) gives a ratio of 14.5. That ratio is the 5th highest ratio of the 32 council areas in London.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Haringey is £2,313.78, up £105.84 on 2025-26. It is the 9th highest of 33 in London. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,484.01, so it has risen 56%.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Haringey had a life expectancy at birth of 85.5 years; for men it was 80.0 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +1.1 years for women and +0.1 for men. It is the 9th highest for women of the 32 council areas in London.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 71.7% of Haringey residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.8 points either way; the figure for London was 74.8%. Its lowest reading in the series was 69.5% and its highest 76.5%.
The police recorded 103.6 crimes per 1,000 residents in Haringey in the year to March 2026 (27,592 offences in all), 11th of 33 in London, counting from the highest rate. A year earlier it was 104.5. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 95.3 to 116.0 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
14,215 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Haringey in March 2026, 13% more than in 2016. There are 53 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 33 council areas in London (15th highest).
The median full-time employee living in Haringey was paid £900.80 a week before tax in April 2025 (£43,995 a year). That is 0.2% below the figure for London and close to the middle of the 32 council areas in London (17th highest). For full-time jobs located in Haringey the median is £822.40 a week (−£78.40 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £576.50: a change of +56% before inflation.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 272,938 |
| 2016 | 276,262 |
| 2017 | 274,463 |
| 2018 | 274,240 |
| 2019 | 273,716 |
| 2020 | 269,534 |
| 2021 | 264,317 |
| 2022 | 264,831 |
| 2023 | 267,204 |
| 2024 | 268,524 |
| 2025 | 266,218 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £581,881 |
| July 2017 | £610,990 |
| July 2018 | £597,600 |
| July 2019 | £591,655 |
| July 2020 | £580,641 |
| July 2021 | £577,460 |
| July 2022 | £618,089 |
| July 2023 | £633,932 |
| July 2024 | £608,821 |
| July 2025 | £632,118 |
| July 2026 | £638,690 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £576.50 a week |
| 2016 | £575.30 a week |
| 2017 | £624.40 a week |
| 2018 | £653.40 a week |
| 2019 | £670.80 a week |
| 2020 | £707.90 a week |
| 2021 | £704.90 a week |
| 2022 | £722.10 a week |
| 2023 | £814.30 a week |
| 2024 | £814.50 a week |
| 2025 | £900.80 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,484.01 |
| 2017-18 | £1,524.27 |
| 2018-19 | £1,575.80 |
| 2019-20 | £1,640.40 |
| 2020-21 | £1,704.63 |
| 2021-22 | £1,804.70 |
| 2022-23 | £1,879.72 |
| 2023-24 | £1,992.32 |
| 2024-25 | £2,107.32 |
| 2025-26 | £2,207.94 |
| 2026-27 | £2,313.78 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 95.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 103.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 110.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 116.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 115.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 103.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 112.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 112.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 111.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 104.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 103.6 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 71.6% |
| 2016/17 | 74.6% |
| 2017/18 | 69.5% |
| 2018/19 | 72.9% |
| 2019/20 | 76.2% |
| 2020/21 | 73.8% |
| 2021/22 | 76.5% |
| 2022/23 | 75.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71.6% |
| 2024/25 | 76.2% |
| 2025/26 | 71.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.5 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 12,580 |
| 2017 | 13,300 |
| 2018 | 13,195 |
| 2019 | 13,480 |
| 2020 | 13,855 |
| 2021 | 14,035 |
| 2022 | 14,525 |
| 2023 | 14,200 |
| 2024 | 14,010 |
| 2025 | 13,870 |
| 2026 | 14,215 |
Questions about Haringey
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Haringey?
The ONS claimant count was 13,850 in August 2026, 7.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Haringey?
266,218 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average house price in Haringey?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £638,690.
How much is Band D council tax in Haringey?
£2,313.78 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Haringey?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.0 years for men and 85.5 for women.
What is the crime rate in Haringey?
Home Office figures show 27,592 offences in the year to March 2026, or 103.6 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Haringey?
£900.80 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Haringey
Every body that makes decisions for Haringey, 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
- Haringey council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Haringey in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Greater London Authority Greater London Authority
- Metropolitan Police Service police force
- NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board NHS
- Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS
- London in official figures
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
- Hornsey and Friern Barnet: Catherine West (Labour) MP
- Southgate and Wood Green: Bambos Charalambous (Labour) MP
- Tottenham: Mr David Lammy (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 unemployment rate · UK population · UK average house price
- Other council areas in London: Barking and Dagenham · Bexley · Hackney · Harrow · Havering · Waltham Forest
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