Non-doms: 12% of residents in London’s richest parts claimed status in 2018

A row of Edwardian houses in Kensington. Western European non-doms are predominantly found in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea. Photograph: A Astes/Alamy

More than one in 10 residents of some of London’s wealthiest neighbourhoods have claimed “non-dom” status at some point, meaning they paid no tax on their offshore income.

UK-based people who have benefited from this special tax status by claiming another country as their legal “domicile” made up more than 12% of residents in two parliamentary constituencies in 2018 – Kensington, and the Cities of London and Westminster, according to an analysis of HM Revenue and Customs data. In five of the most affluent council wards they accounted for more than a quarter of residents.