Harrow

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Harrow. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Harrow, not our estimates.

• 3,270 births and 1,658 deaths: natural change added 1,612 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 2,804.
• International migration (net) added 2,830 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) reduced the figure by 13.
• Altogether the population grew by 1,625 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Harrow: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Harrow’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Harrow moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average private rent rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Conservative (2026) — Conservative 42, Labour 12, Other and independent 1 of 55 seats.

Since 2016: Labour (2016–2021); Conservative (2022–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Harrow’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

22,173 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 81.3 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Harrow’s 144 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Harrow 007B (rank 4,675), Harrow 011D (rank 6,817), Harrow 006D (rank 6,830). Least deprived: Harrow 004D (rank 33,700), Harrow 009D (rank 33,053), Harrow 016A (rank 33,016).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 2.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£45,232 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 3.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£39,290 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 1.9% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£47,609 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · down 0.3% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 2026343 people
• Families in B&Bs beyond the six-week legal limit2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20261 households
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,270 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026239,056 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026261,203 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · down 0.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20268,490 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20264.9%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · up 10.4% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£455.2m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · down 22.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£64.4m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 1.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£68.1m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · unchanged 0.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£10m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 10.5% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£420m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,511 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,658 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 202596,860 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,483 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202510.3% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202615,185 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 4.5 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026-1.4%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · down 1.4% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£524,160
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20261,485 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026269 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202517.5 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20250% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202525.5% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-2,804 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20267,175 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,830 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20264,345 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,612 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-13 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025270,724 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · up 0.2 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20263%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 3.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,773 a month
• People resettled in each council area2019 Q3 · Home Office, published 27 August 20268 people
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20261,142 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 3.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£880 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Harrow; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for Harrow, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 17,6392012→15,1852024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Harrow, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 17,639 in 2012 to 15,185 in 2024, a change of 2,454 or 13.9% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  15,185 in 2024 − 17,639 in 2012 = −2,454, which is 13.9% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 15,184.87 and 17,639.26, and 15,184.87 − 17,639.26 = 2,454.39.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 17,639 in 2012 to 15,185 in 2024, a change of 2,454 or 13.9% (DESNZ).

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• 4,1272012→3,4832024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Harrow, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 4,127 in 2012 to 3,483 in 2024, a change of 644 or 15.6% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,483 in 2024 − 4,127 in 2012 = −644, which is 15.6% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 3,483.37 and 4,127.00, and 3,483.37 − 4,127.00 = 643.63.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 4,127 in 2012 to 3,483 in 2024, a change of 644 or 15.6% (DESNZ).

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• £1,855Year ending March 2021→£2,511Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Harrow, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,855 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,511 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £656 or 35.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,511 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,855 in the year ending March 2021 = £656, which is 35.4% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,511.07 and 1,854.79, and 2,511.07 − 1,854.79 = 656.28.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Harrow, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,855 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,511 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £656 or 35.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £32,2682008→£45,2322025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Harrow, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £32,268 in 2008 to £45,232 in 2025, a change of £12,964 or 40.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £45,232 in 2025 − £32,268 in 2008 = £12,964, which is 40.2% of the figure for 2008.

  17 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Harrow, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £32,268 in 2008 to £45,232 in 2025, a change of £12,964 or 40.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5772008→£8802025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Harrow, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £577 in 2008 to £880 in 2025, a change of £303 or 52.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £880 in 2025 − £577 in 2008 = £303, which is 52.4% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 880.00 and 577.30, and 880.00 − 577.30 = 302.70.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Harrow, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £577 in 2008 to £880 in 2025, a change of £303 or 52.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• -1,422Year to mid-2012→-2,804Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Harrow, net internal migration by local authority fell from -1,422 in Year to mid-2012 to -2,804 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,382 or 97.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -2,804 in Year to mid-2025 − -1,422 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,382, which is 97.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, net internal migration by local authority fell from -1,422 in Year to mid-2012 to -2,804 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,382 or 97.2% (ONS).

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• 5,322Year to mid-2012→7,175Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Harrow, international migration into a local authority rose from 5,322 in Year to mid-2012 to 7,175 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,853 or 34.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  7,175 in Year to mid-2025 − 5,322 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,853, which is 34.8% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, international migration into a local authority rose from 5,322 in Year to mid-2012 to 7,175 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,853 or 34.8% (ONS).

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• 3,617Year to mid-2012→4,345Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Harrow, international migration out of a local authority rose from 3,617 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,345 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 728 or 20.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  4,345 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,617 in Year to mid-2012 = 728, which is 20.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, international migration out of a local authority rose from 3,617 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,345 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 728 or 20.1% (ONS).

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• 1,705Year to mid-2012→2,830Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Harrow, net international migration by local authority rose from 1,705 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,830 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,125 or 66.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,830 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,705 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,125, which is 66.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, net international migration by local authority rose from 1,705 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,830 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,125 or 66.0% (ONS).

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• 3,530Year to mid-2012→3,270Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Harrow, births by local authority fell from 3,530 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,270 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 260 or 7.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,270 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,530 in Year to mid-2012 = −260, which is 7.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, births by local authority fell from 3,530 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,270 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 260 or 7.4% (ONS).

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• 1,448Year to mid-2012→1,658Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Harrow, deaths by local authority rose from 1,448 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,658 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 210 or 14.5% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,658 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,448 in Year to mid-2012 = 210, which is 14.5% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, deaths by local authority rose from 1,448 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,658 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 210 or 14.5% (ONS).

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• 2,082Year to mid-2012→1,612Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Harrow, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 2,082 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,612 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 470 or 22.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,612 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,082 in Year to mid-2012 = −470, which is 22.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 2,082 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,612 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 470 or 22.6% (ONS).

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• 936Year to mid-2012→-13Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Harrow, other population change by local authority fell from 936 in Year to mid-2012 to -13 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 949 or 101.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -13 in Year to mid-2025 − 936 in Year to mid-2012 = −949, which is 101.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Harrow, other population change by local authority fell from 936 in Year to mid-2012 to -13 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 949 or 101.4% (ONS).

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• £242.1m2010 Q1→£455.2m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Harrow, outstanding council borrowing rose from £242.1m in 2010 Q1 to £455.2m in 2026 Q2, a change of £213.1m or 88.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £455.2m in 2026 Q2 − £242.1m in 2010 Q1 = £213.1m, which is 88.0% of the figure for 2010 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 455.18 and 242.12, and 455.18 − 242.12 = 213.06.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Harrow, outstanding council borrowing rose from £242.1m in 2010 Q1 to £455.2m in 2026 Q2, a change of £213.1m or 88.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare Harrow with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Harrow and Birmingham
• Harrow and Leeds
• Harrow and North Yorkshire
• Harrow and Somerset
• Harrow and Cornwall
• Harrow and Buckinghamshire

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Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Harrow said then and says now, with the periods named. Harrow since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Harrow are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.