Small multiples

London in thirty-three

Thirty-three lines on one pair of axes is a tangle. Thirty-three small charts on one shared scale is a comparison — which places share a shape, which one is unlike all the others.

2014-08 — 2026-05

The price of a borough

Kensington and Chelsea£1.26M−14% since 2014-08Westminster£836,331−17% since 2014-08Camden£805,837+2% since 2014-08Richmond upon Thames£788,872+22% since 2014-08Hammersmith and Fulham£729,407−8% since 2014-08Islington£669,879+10% since 2014-08Wandsworth£659,547+0% since 2014-08Haringey£633,853+29% since 2014-08City of London£626,980−17% since 2014-08Hackney£608,470+23% since 2014-08Merton£597,138+24% since 2014-08Barnet£590,583+25% since 2014-08Kingston upon Thames£582,403+30% since 2014-08Southwark£578,683+14% since 2014-08Ealing£568,887+26% since 2014-08Brent£548,895+25% since 2014-08Lambeth£545,315+13% since 2014-08Harrow£530,021+42% since 2014-08Bromley£524,638+42% since 2014-08Waltham Forest£524,337+54% since 2014-08Hounslow£501,326+29% since 2014-08Lewisham£496,774+43% since 2014-08Redbridge£495,947+62% since 2014-08Enfield£469,164+45% since 2014-08Hillingdon£467,887+45% since 2014-08Greenwich£463,436+40% since 2014-08Havering£452,798+67% since 2014-08Sutton£445,451+48% since 2014-08Tower Hamlets£444,332+5% since 2014-08Bexley£408,585+60% since 2014-08Newham£405,002+43% since 2014-08Croydon£396,760+38% since 2014-08Barking and Dagenham£360,889+71% since 2014-08

Every panel plots change against its own 2014-08 reading on one shared scale, -19% to 73%; the flat line is no change and the dashed line is the London median, identical in every panel. The figure above each chart is the absolute latest — GBP.

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2021-07 — 2026-06

Claimant rate

Barking and Dagenham7.6%−17% since 2021-07Haringey7.6%−23% since 2021-07Newham7.6%−22% since 2021-07Enfield7.4%−14% since 2021-07Brent7.3%−18% since 2021-07Hackney7.1%−18% since 2021-07Lewisham6.9%−17% since 2021-07Tower Hamlets6.9%−15% since 2021-07Waltham Forest6.7%−21% since 2021-07Ealing6.6%−16% since 2021-07Croydon6.3%−20% since 2021-07Lambeth6.3%−19% since 2021-07Redbridge6.1%−15% since 2021-07Greenwich5.8%−18% since 2021-07Southwark5.7%−25% since 2021-07Islington5.4%−26% since 2021-07Barnet5.1%−19% since 2021-07Hounslow5.1%−33% since 2021-07Hillingdon5.0%−18% since 2021-07Hammersmith and Fulham4.9%−29% since 2021-07Harrow4.9%−14% since 2021-07Camden4.7%−28% since 2021-07Merton4.6%−19% since 2021-07Havering4.5%−17% since 2021-07Westminster4.2%−32% since 2021-07Wandsworth4.0%−18% since 2021-07Bromley3.5%−22% since 2021-07Kensington and Chelsea3.5%−34% since 2021-07Sutton3.5%−22% since 2021-07Bexley3.4%−29% since 2021-07Kingston upon Thames3.3%−25% since 2021-07Richmond upon Thames2.6%−32% since 2021-07City of London1.1%−67% since 2021-07

Every panel plots change against its own 2021-07 reading on one shared scale, -70% to 48%; the flat line is no change and the dashed line is the London median, identical in every panel. The figure above each chart is the absolute latest — residents aged 16–64.

2013-05 — 2026-01

Who Universal Credit carries

Newham70k+6983900% since 2013-05Brent65k+6462000% since 2013-05Tower Hamlets64k+6448100% since 2013-05Enfield64k+6403700% since 2013-05Croydon61k+6141600% since 2013-05Ealing61k+6061300% since 2013-05Hackney53k+5335000% since 2013-05Barnet53k+5306800% since 2013-05Haringey52k+5164300% since 2013-05Lewisham51k+5061900% since 2013-05Lambeth48k+4840500% since 2013-05Southwark48k+4751300% since 2013-05Greenwich45k+4489800% since 2013-05Hounslow44k+4443200% since 2013-05Barking and Dagenham44k+4358300% since 2013-05Waltham Forest43k+4342700% since 2013-05Redbridge42k+4214800% since 2013-05Hillingdon41k+4097300% since 2013-05Islington37k+3716100% since 2013-05Wandsworth35k+3508500% since 2013-05Harrow31k+3125000% since 2013-05Camden31k+3063600% since 2013-05Havering30k+3015800% since 2013-05Bromley30k+2973400% since 2013-05Westminster28k+2806400% since 2013-05Bexley25k+2526500% since 2013-05Hammersmith and Fulham25k+2463400% since 2013-05Merton24k+2420200% since 2013-05Sutton22k+2156900% since 2013-05Kensington and Chelsea15k+1540200% since 2013-05Kingston upon Thames15k+1527800% since 2013-05Richmond upon Thames13k+1298100% since 2013-05City of London513+51200% since 2013-05

Every panel plots change against its own 2013-05 reading on one shared scale, -100% to 7025600%; the flat line is no change and the dashed line is the London median, identical in every panel. The figure above each chart is the absolute latest — people on Universal Credit.

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Rank, not value

Who overtook whom

Every borough’s prices rose over these twelve years, so a chart of values says the same thing thirty-three times. Rank says what values hide. Point at a line to follow one borough through the weave.

1. Kensington and Chelsea2. Westminster3. Hammersmith and Fulham4. Camden5. City of London6. Wandsworth7. Richmond upon Thames8. Islington9. Southwark10. Haringey11. Hackney12. Lambeth13. Barnet14. Merton15. Kingston upon Thames16. Ealing17. Brent18. Tower Hamlets19. Hounslow20. Harrow21. Bromley22. Lewisham23. Waltham Forest24. Enfield25. Greenwich26. Hillingdon27. Sutton28. Redbridge29. Croydon30. Newham31. Havering32. Bexley33. Barking and Dagenham1. Kensington and Chelsea2. Westminster3. Camden4. Richmond upon Thames5. Hammersmith and Fulham6. Islington7. Wandsworth8. City of London9. Haringey10. Hackney11. Merton12. Barnet13. Southwark14. Kingston upon Thames15. Ealing16. Brent17. Lambeth18. Harrow19. Waltham Forest20. Bromley21. Hounslow22. Redbridge23. Lewisham24. Hillingdon25. Greenwich26. Enfield27. Tower Hamlets28. Sutton29. Havering30. Bexley31. Newham32. Croydon33. Barking and Dagenham20142026

Who moved most

Ranked on each year’s mean, 2014 to 2026; rank 1 is the highest. Almost every borough here rose over the record, so rank shows the thing values hide — which ones rose past the others.

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