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EC4M is mostly in City of London (98% of its 93 postcodes). Figures are for the council area, not for EC4M alone

Wards in EC4M

Farringdon Within 68% of EC4M
Queenhithe 30% of EC4M
Clerkenwell 2% of EC4M

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People

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15,111

Resident population · 2024

30.1%

Population change · 2022 to 2024

27.5 percentage points higher than England

London 2.5%England 2.6%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Resident population Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).	Office for National Statistics Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2024	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, high quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%) Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.	Office for National Statistics Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2022-2024	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, high quality

Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£790,000

Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025

163% higher than England

London £530,000England £300,000

-0.3%

Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier

2 percentage points lower than England

London 0%England 1.7%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Median sale price Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).	HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)	Year to Oct 2025	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, high quality
Change in median sale price over a year Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.	HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)	Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, high quality

Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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Schools in the area · Oct 2026

100%

Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding · 31 Aug 2026

8.8 percentage points higher than England

London 96.4%England 91.2%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Schools in the area Open schools (excluding children's centres) with a postcode in the area.	Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)	Oct 2026	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, low quality Indicative figure. Estimated or partial data for this area: treat it as a guide rather than an exact figure.
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding Share of schools with a 1-4 Ofsted grade that are Outstanding or Good.	Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)	as at 31 Aug 2026	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, low quality Based on 1 school. This percentage rests on a small number of schools, so a single school moves it noticeably.

Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

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£1,014

Median weekly pay, full-time employees living here · 2022

32% higher than England

London £903 (2025)England £770 (2025)

676,000

Jobs located in the area · 2024

More jobs per head than England here 52.00

London 0.94England 0.77

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Median gross weekly pay, full-time employees living here Median gross weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area (ASHE, place of residence). Cash terms, not inflation adjusted.	Office for National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), via Nomis: tables 7 (place of work) and 8 (place of residence) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2022	City of London (Council area)	direct, low quality Coefficient of variation 20.0%. Indicative figure. Estimated or partial data for this area: treat it as a guide rather than an exact figure.
Jobs located in the area (BRES employment) Employees plus working owners at workplaces in the area (BRES). Rounded; place of work, not residence.	Office for National Statistics Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), open access, via Nomis Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2024	City of London (Council area)	direct, high quality Rounded by ONS. Compared through jobs per working-age resident (2024): London 0.94, England 0.77, here 52.00.

Method: Earnings from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

ASHE is a 1% sample of employee jobs from HMRC PAYE records, with a reference week in April. We hold the median gross pay of full-time employees, by place of residence (where the employee lives) and by place of work (where the job is), for the latest survey year and the years back to 2015. Median weekly pay is gross pay before tax for the pay period that includes the reference date; annual pay is gross annual pay for the year to April. Pay is in cash terms: it is not adjusted for inflation, so changes over time include price rises. Survey estimates have a margin of error that grows as areas get smaller; each value carries its coefficient of variation and values with a CV above 10% are marked low quality. Estimates ONS judges too unreliable (CV above about 40%) are not published and appear here as absent. Self-employed people are not covered. Residence-based figures describe people who live in the area wherever they work; workplace-based figures describe jobs located in the area wherever the employee lives. The two can differ a lot in commuter areas and city centres.

Method: Employment by industry (BRES)

BRES is the official source of employee and employment estimates by detailed industry and area. Employment is employees plus working owners, counted at the place of work and in the survey week in September. It covers all sectors except small farm agriculture, and the self-employed who are not registered for PAYE or VAT. ONS rounds BRES employment and suppresses small cells, so industry sums may not add to the total. Jobs here are not residents: people may live elsewhere. Part-time and full-time jobs count equally (they are not full-time equivalents).

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661.8 per 1,000

Recorded crime per 1,000 residents · Year to Apr 2026

720% higher than England

London 99.7 per 1,000England 80.7 per 1,000

1,451

Charities registered here · Oct 2026

More than England here 96 per 1,000

London 3.5 per 1,000England 2.7 per 1,000

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Recorded crime (excluding anti-social behaviour) per 1,000 residents police.uk crime categories except anti-social behaviour, 12 months, per 1,000 residents.	Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk Street-level crime (12 monthly files) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	Year to Apr 2026	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, high quality 12 months to April 2026. 6.7% of City of London Police records have no location and are excluded.
Charities based in the area Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.	Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)	Oct 2026	City of London (Council area)	aggregated, medium quality By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): London 3.5 per 1,000, England 2.7 per 1,000, here 96 per 1,000.

Method: Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents

Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

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17.5%24.8%56.7%

A small part 17.5%
Some 24.8%
Much 56.7%
Not yet assessed 1%

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Economyhigh confidence

Higher than England: Business enterprises per 1,000 residents

Business enterprises per 1,000 residents is 1616 per 1,000 in City of London (2026), compared with 41.3 per 1,000 in England (about 39.1 times the England rate; n = 15,111).

1,616 per 1,000 here41.3 per 1,000 England

How do we know this?

Source

Office for National Statistics: UK Business Counts (Inter-Departmental Business Register), enterprises and local units, via Nomis (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

2026

Geography

Council area, compared with England

Method

Business counts. UK Business Counts count businesses registered for VAT and/or PAYE on the ONS Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) at a March snapshot. An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units with a degree of autonomy; a local unit is a single site of an enterprise, counted where the site is. Businesses below the VAT threshold and not running PAYE (many sole traders) are not included, so counts understate the smallest businesses. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5. Enterprises are placed in an area by where their head office or main site is registered with HMRC, which for multi-site firms may not be where staff work: local units are the better guide to where businesses operate. Size bands are by employment (employees plus working proprietors). Industry is the SIC 2007 section of the main activity.

Limitations

Residents are the mid-2024 estimate.

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Educationmedium confidence

Lower than England: Pupils eligible for free school meals

Pupils eligible for free school meals is 1.8% in City of London (2025/26), compared with 24.8% in England (23.0 percentage points lower; n = 2,891).

1.8% here24.8% England

How do we know this?

Source

Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data: Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes (Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool))

Period

2025/26

Geography

Council area, compared with England

Method

Pupil-weighted school measures. FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Limitations

Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 6 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.

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Neighbourhoodshigh confidence

Lower than England: Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall)

Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall) is 0.0% in City of London (2025), compared with 20.3% in England (20.3 percentage points lower; n = 15,111).

0% here20.3% England

How do we know this?

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period: 2025
Geography: Council area, compared with England
Method: Summarising deprivation for an area. The Indices of Deprivation rank every LSOA in England; decile 1 contains the most deprived 10 per cent of LSOAs nationally. Ranks and deciles are ordinal, so they are never averaged. An area is described by (1) how many of its LSOAs fall in each national decile, (2) how many of its residents live in LSOAs of each decile (mid-2024 population apportioned to output areas, see the area apportioning method), (3) the share of residents in the most deprived 10 and 20 per cent of LSOAs nationally, and (4) the median decile of residents. IoD is a relative measure of small areas, not of individuals: most people in a deprived LSOA are not deprived and many deprived people live elsewhere. England only. Where an area straddles the England-Wales border the figures cover the English part only and are not published unless 90 per cent of residents are covered.
Limitations: none recorded

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Homesmedium confidence

Higher than London: Share of planning decisions that granted permission

Share of planning decisions that granted permission is 97.7% in City of London (Year to Jun 2026), compared with 82.5% in London (15.2 percentage points higher; n = 477).

97.7% here82.5% London

How do we know this?

Source

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (now Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government): Planning application statistics: live tables PS1 and PS2 (district matters) (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

Year to Jun 2026

Geography

Council area, compared with London

Method

Planning application decisions. Local planning authorities report to government every quarter how many applications for planning permission (district matters: housing, commercial and other development, excluding minerals and waste) they decided, how many they granted and refused, and how many were decided within the statutory time or an agreed extension. We add the four most recent complete quarters (July 2025 to June 2026) and compare with the four before. Percentage granted is granted divided by all decisions, which includes applications withdrawn only if reported as decided; it is a measure of the mix of applications a council receives, not of how fair or permissive it is, because many applications are refused for good reason or amended before decision. Speed is the share decided in time among decisions not covered by a planning performance agreement, shown separately for major developments (10 or more homes, or sites over 1 hectare) and for minor and other applications. Few major decisions are made each year in most authorities, so major-development figures rest on small numbers. National Park authorities and development corporations are separate planning authorities and are not included in the council totals. Wales (Welsh Government development management survey): major plus minor and householder applications over April 2025 to March 2026, summed from four quarterly returns; other consents, pre-application cases and non-material amendments are excluded. "Decided in time" covers all applications and consents decided within the statutory period or an agreed extension. Denbighshire did not supply data. Scotland (Scottish Government annual planning statistics): all applications decided in the financial year 2024/25 (the 2025/26 annual release is not yet out); the share approved is of all applications decided; "local developments decided within two months" and average weeks are for local developments without a processing agreement. Northern Ireland (Department for Infrastructure): applications received and decided by each council in 2025/26, and the share approved of those decided. Each nation counts and classifies applications differently, so the figures describe each nation's own system and should not be compared across borders.

Limitations

Coverage: England: local planning authorities (district matters), councils only here. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own sources.
Covers the 12-month window Year to Jun 2026 only.

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Homeshigh confidence

Higher than London: Typical (median) home sale price

Typical (median) home sale price is £790,000 in City of London (Year to Oct 2025), compared with £530,000 in London (49% higher; n = 151).

£790,000 here£530,000 London

How do we know this?

Source

HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) (Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright))

Period

Year to Oct 2025

Geography

Council area, compared with London

Method

Price paid medians. Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Limitations

Covers the 12-month window Year to Oct 2025 only.

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Peoplehigh confidence

Increase between 2022 and 2024: Resident population

Resident population in City of London went from 11,615 (2022) to 15,111 (2024): up 30.1%, compared with up 2.6% in England.

15,111 here11,615 same place, 2022

How do we know this?

Source: Office for National Statistics: Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period: 2024
Geography: Council area, compared with same place, 2022
Method: Mid-year population estimates. ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.
Limitations: none recorded

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Sources used on this page

Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland: Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)Period: CCEW extract 4 Oct 2026; OSCR 7 Oct 2026 · Published: 4 Oct 2026 · Coverage: United Kingdom (registered charities) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk: Street-level crime (12 monthly files)Period: May 2025 to Apr 2026 · Published: Jun 2026 · Coverage: England and Wales except Greater Manchester Police (no data in the loaded files); Northern Ireland records have no LSOA · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles)Period: IoD2025 (indicator data years vary by domain) · Published: 2025 · Coverage: England: 33,755 neighbourhoods (LSOAs) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data: Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomesPeriod: GIAS 7 Oct 2026; pupils January 2026 census; FSM/SEN 2025/26; absence 2024/25; Ofsted as at 31 Aug 2026 · Published: Oct 2026 · Coverage: England (GIAS); Wales has establishment records without results · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)Period: sales to 31 Mar 2026 · Published: Apr 2026 · Coverage: England and Wales · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Office for National Statistics: Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)Period: mid-2022 (revised), mid-2023, mid-2024 · Published: 7 Nov 2025 · Coverage: England and Wales (LSOA 2021) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics: UK Business Counts (Inter-Departmental Business Register), enterprises and local units, via NomisPeriod: snapshot taken in March 2026 (counts held for 2016 to 2026) · Published: Oct 2026 · Coverage: Great Britain: local authorities, parliamentary constituencies (2024), MSOAs (England and Wales), regions, countries; Northern Ireland not held · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics: Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), open access, via NomisPeriod: employment in September 2024 (2015 to 2024 held) · Published: Oct 2025 · Coverage: Great Britain: local authorities, parliamentary constituencies (2024), MSOAs (England and Wales), countries · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), via Nomis: tables 7 (place of work) and 8 (place of residence)Period: survey year 2025 (April 2025 reference week); 2015 to 2025 held · Published: Oct 2025 · Coverage: Great Britain local authorities (April 2023 boundaries), regions and countries; Northern Ireland not held · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (now Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government): Planning application statistics: live tables PS1 and PS2 (district matters)Period: quarters to 30 June 2026; 12 months to June 2026 held, with the 12 months before · Published: 24 Sep 2026 · Coverage: England: local planning authorities (district matters), councils only here. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own sources · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Companies House: Companies House streaming API (live), combined with the basic company data snapshot of 2 Oct 2026Period: incorporations to 4 Nov 2026 (stream timepoint 121313916, newest event published 5 Nov 2026T04:15:18) · Published: 5 Nov 2026 · Coverage: UK companies (registered office postcode)

Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.