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.

2014-11 — 2026-07

The price of a borough

Kensington and Chelsea£1.23M−17% since 2014-11 Westminster£876,788−15% since 2014-11 Camden£815,159+7% since 2014-11 Richmond upon Thames£803,249+24% since 2014-11 Hammersmith and Fulham£738,048−5% since 2014-11 City of London£710,652−6% since 2014-11 Wandsworth£686,076+8% since 2014-11 Islington£674,592+12% since 2014-11 Haringey£638,690+28% since 2014-11 Merton£615,890+33% since 2014-11 Hackney£605,729+26% since 2014-11 Barnet£600,560+26% since 2014-11 Kingston upon Thames£591,555+31% since 2014-11 Ealing£585,216+32% since 2014-11 Southwark£572,478+9% since 2014-11 Brent£546,135+23% since 2014-11 Lambeth£536,623+9% since 2014-11 Waltham Forest£529,102+50% since 2014-11 Harrow£526,493+33% since 2014-11 Hounslow£525,435+34% since 2014-11 Bromley£511,670+34% since 2014-11 Lewisham£488,658+39% since 2014-11 Redbridge£481,297+52% since 2014-11 Enfield£470,988+41% since 2014-11 Hillingdon£470,875+42% since 2014-11 Greenwich£462,589+41% since 2014-11 Sutton£452,654+43% since 2014-11 Havering£448,648+61% since 2014-11 Tower Hamlets£447,796+2% since 2014-11 Bexley£413,343+59% since 2014-11 Newham£390,349+34% since 2014-11 Croydon£390,041+32% since 2014-11 Barking and Dagenham£375,604+69% since 2014-11

Every panel plots change against its own 2014-11 reading on one shared scale, -18% to 69%; 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.

The full graph

2021-09 — 2026-08

Claimant rate

Barking and Dagenham7.4%−10% since 2021-09 Haringey7.4%−17% since 2021-09 Newham7.4%−16% since 2021-09 Brent7.2%−10% since 2021-09 Enfield7.2%−5% since 2021-09 Hackney6.9%−13% since 2021-09 Lewisham6.8%−11% since 2021-09 Tower Hamlets6.7%−8% since 2021-09 Waltham Forest6.5%−14% since 2021-09 Ealing6.4%−10% since 2021-09 Croydon6.3%−13% since 2021-09 Lambeth6.2%−13% since 2021-09 Redbridge6.0%−6% since 2021-09 Greenwich5.8%−11% since 2021-09 Southwark5.6%−19% since 2021-09 Islington5.4%−19% since 2021-09 Barnet5.0%−12% since 2021-09 Hillingdon5.0%−9% since 2021-09 Hounslow5.0%−26% since 2021-09 Hammersmith and Fulham4.8%−24% since 2021-09 Harrow4.8%−6% since 2021-09 Camden4.6%−21% since 2021-09 Havering4.5%−6% since 2021-09 Merton4.5%−10% since 2021-09 Wandsworth4.0%−9% since 2021-09 Westminster4.0%−29% since 2021-09 Bromley3.5%−13% since 2021-09 Sutton3.5%−13% since 2021-09 Bexley3.4%−19% since 2021-09 Kensington and Chelsea3.4%−29% since 2021-09 Kingston upon Thames3.2%−18% since 2021-09 Richmond upon Thames2.6%−24% since 2021-09 City of London1.1%−63% since 2021-09

Every panel plots change against its own 2021-09 reading on one shared scale, -67% to 63%; 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 2013-05 Brent65k+6462000% since 2013-05 Tower Hamlets64k+6448100% since 2013-05 Enfield64k+6403700% since 2013-05 Croydon61k+6141600% since 2013-05 Ealing61k+6061300% since 2013-05 Hackney53k+5335000% since 2013-05 Barnet53k+5306800% since 2013-05 Haringey52k+5164300% since 2013-05 Lewisham51k+5061900% since 2013-05 Lambeth48k+4840500% since 2013-05 Southwark48k+4751300% since 2013-05 Greenwich45k+4489800% since 2013-05 Hounslow44k+4443200% since 2013-05 Barking and Dagenham44k+4358300% since 2013-05 Waltham Forest43k+4342700% since 2013-05 Redbridge42k+4214800% since 2013-05 Hillingdon41k+4097300% since 2013-05 Islington37k+3716100% since 2013-05 Wandsworth35k+3508500% since 2013-05 Harrow31k+3125000% since 2013-05 Camden31k+3063600% since 2013-05 Havering30k+3015800% since 2013-05 Bromley30k+2973400% since 2013-05 Westminster28k+2806400% since 2013-05 Bexley25k+2526500% since 2013-05 Hammersmith and Fulham25k+2463400% since 2013-05 Merton24k+2420200% since 2013-05 Sutton22k+2156900% since 2013-05 Kensington and Chelsea15k+1540200% since 2013-05 Kingston upon Thames15k+1527800% since 2013-05 Richmond upon Thames13k+1298100% since 2013-05 City 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.

The full graph

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.

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.

Every borough Everything against everything