Deprivation Statistics for Bentley and Darlaston North, Walsall

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Bentley and Darlaston North, Walsall, West Midlands

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Bentley and Darlaston North, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Walsall. We have combined these statitics into an English ward level, as most people are familiar with this geospacial area in their town or city. Here are those 10 marked on a map:

Each area has its own decile score. This is where each LSOA in England is ranked according to the level of deprivation and split into 10 equal groups. A decile score of 1 means the area is in the top 10% of deprived areas, 2 is equal to the top 20% and so forth. To simply these scores and apply them to a ward, we have created the iLiveHere rating. This takes the average decile score of all the LSOAs in a ward and converts that into a rating out of 10, where 1 is the best and 10 is the worst. We have then used to traffic light colour system as an at-a-glance reference. As you scroll down this page, the more red ratings you see, the more deprived Bentley and Darlaston North is. Indices of Deprivation statistics and are broken down into domains of deprivation or more simply, categories. These category scores are combined using a percentage weighting to give a an LSOA its final indices of deprivation score, decile and rank:

Income Deprivation (22.5%)
Employment Deprivation (22.5%)
Education, Skills and Training Deprivation (13.5%)
Health Deprivation and Disability (13.5%)
Crime (9.3%)
Barriers to Housing and Services (9.3%)
Living Environment Deprivation (9.3%)

Below we have split the Living Environment Deprivation category into its sub-categories. We think having individual iLiveHere ratings for Inside Environment and Outside Environment provides a better insight to the housing quality and outside space in Bentley and Darlaston North. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Bentley and Darlaston North

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Bentley and Darlaston North. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Walsall.

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Walsall 023D	44.434	3178/32,844	1
Walsall 033C	42.508	3594/32,844	2
Walsall 033A	42.361	3630/32,844	2
Walsall 033D	40.412	4142/32,844	2
Walsall 023C	39.985	4261/32,844	2
Walsall 033B	39.901	4291/32,844	2
Walsall 023A	39.05	4559/32,844	2
Walsall 027B	36.669	5318/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	31.386	7355/32,844	3
Walsall 023B	25.421	10500/32,844	4

Income Deprivation in Bentley and Darlaston North

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Bentley and Darlaston North. The definition of low income the government uses to compile these statistics includes those who are out-of-work (for any reason, not just unemployment) and those that are in work but satisfy the IMD means tests. In the real world, this means they may qualify for means tested benefits such as Universal Credit or legacy benefits such as Working Tax Credits. You should not to assume that this rating is an indicator of overall poverty in this ward.

LSOA Name	Income Score	Income Rank (England)	Income Decile
Walsall 023D	0.299	2219/32,844	1
Walsall 033A	0.294	2395/32,844	1
Walsall 023A	0.292	2451/32,844	1
Walsall 033D	0.285	2707/32,844	1
Walsall 033C	0.276	3013/32,844	1
Walsall 033B	0.258	3682/32,844	2
Walsall 023C	0.258	3685/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	0.223	5333/32,844	2
Walsall 027B	0.221	5481/32,844	2
Walsall 023B	0.15	10458/32,844	4

Employment Deprivation in Bentley and Darlaston North

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Bentley and Darlaston North who are excluded from the jobs market. These are people who are involuntarily deprived of work. The IMD domains include people who are unemployment, those who are sick or disabled, and carers. Since the government no longer publishes percentage figures for unemployment after the introduction of Universal Credit, his is now the only reliable indictor of joblessness in this ward. The higher the iLiveHere rating, the harder it could be to get work.

LSOA Name	Employment Score	Employment Rank (England)	Employment Decile
Walsall 023D	0.193	3514/32,844	2
Walsall 023A	0.19	3679/32,844	2
Walsall 033C	0.189	3763/32,844	2
Walsall 033D	0.173	4745/32,844	2
Walsall 033A	0.17	4987/32,844	2
Walsall 023C	0.17	4998/32,844	2
Walsall 033B	0.167	5179/32,844	2
Walsall 027B	0.155	6121/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	0.141	7424/32,844	3
Walsall 023B	0.118	9971/32,844	4

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Bentley and Darlaston North

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Bentley and Darlaston North population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (7726/32,844) in Bentley and Darlaston North is more than the adult average rank (2469/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Walsall 023D	58.258	1941/32,844	1
Walsall 023A	53.595	2628/32,844	1
Walsall 033A	50.284	3191/32,844	1
Walsall 033D	49.968	3258/32,844	1
Walsall 023C	49.315	3374/32,844	2
Walsall 033C	47.78	3616/32,844	2
Walsall 033B	42.715	4698/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	41.622	4967/32,844	2
Walsall 027B	36.028	6425/32,844	2
Walsall 023B	35.767	6522/32,844	2

Health Deprivation and Disability in Bentley and Darlaston North

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is indictor of the risk of dying prematurely or having your quality of life impaired through poor physical or mental health in Bentley and Darlaston North. The IMD domain measures morbidity, disability and premature mortality. However, it does not take into consideration but personal behaviour or environmental factors that may be predictive of future health problems. See Outdoor Deprivation for depivation that includes environmental factors such as local pullution levels.

LSOA Name	Health Score	Health Rank (England)	Health Decile
Walsall 023D	1.134	3280/32,844	1
Walsall 027B	1.061	3794/32,844	2
Walsall 033A	1.034	3978/32,844	2
Walsall 033C	0.995	4265/32,844	2
Walsall 023C	0.836	5571/32,844	2
Walsall 033D	0.78	6090/32,844	2
Walsall 033B	0.763	6246/32,844	2
Walsall 023B	0.611	7804/32,844	3
Walsall 023A	0.458	9618/32,844	3
Walsall 036A	0.295	11701/32,844	4

Crime Deprivation in Bentley and Darlaston North

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Bentley and Darlaston North. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.

LSOA Name	Crime Score	Crime Rank (England)	Crime Decile
Walsall 033C	0.931	4112/32,844	2
Walsall 027B	0.863	4760/32,844	2
Walsall 033B	0.775	5683/32,844	2
Walsall 023C	0.738	6081/32,844	2
Walsall 033D	0.462	9595/32,844	3
Walsall 023B	0.382	10708/32,844	4
Walsall 036A	0.331	11484/32,844	4
Walsall 023A	0.256	12629/32,844	4
Walsall 033A	0.193	13637/32,844	5
Walsall 023D	-0.103	18169/32,844	6

There were 390 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Bentley and Darlaston North in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Bentley and Darlaston North

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Bentley and Darlaston North. I bad rating in an urban area indicates how unaffordable the housing could be. A bad rating in a rural area is an indicator of the absense of local services.

LSOA Name	Barriers Score	Barriers Rank (England)	Barriers Decile
Walsall 023D	29.231	7483/32,844	3
Walsall 033D	21.87	14475/32,844	5
Walsall 033A	20.18	16437/32,844	6
Walsall 033B	19.028	17834/32,844	6
Walsall 023A	18.071	19031/32,844	6
Walsall 027B	16.379	21198/32,844	7
Walsall 033C	16.155	21474/32,844	7
Walsall 023B	11.319	27297/32,844	9
Walsall 036A	10.719	27936/32,844	9
Walsall 023C	10.512	28114/32,844	9

Inside Environment Deprivation in Bentley and Darlaston North

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Bentley and Darlaston North. A bad rating in an equally income deprived ward, could be because of poorly maintained rented accomodation. A bad rating in a non income deprived area, could be because the small size of housing in relation to costs.

LSOA Name	Inside Score	Inside Rank (England)	Inside Decile
Walsall 036A	0.853	5137/32,844	2
Walsall 033B	0.802	5662/32,844	2
Walsall 033A	0.737	6411/32,844	2
Walsall 023C	0.662	7185/32,844	3
Walsall 027B	0.643	7415/32,844	3
Walsall 033D	0.226	12944/32,844	4
Walsall 023B	0.186	13526/32,844	5
Walsall 033C	0.174	13741/32,844	5
Walsall 023A	-0.086	17818/32,844	6
Walsall 023D	-0.543	24440/32,844	8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Bentley and Darlaston North

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Bentley and Darlaston North. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.

LSOA Name	Outside Score	Outside (England)	Outside Decile
Walsall 023C	1.035	3910/32,844	2
Walsall 033B	0.869	5081/32,844	2
Walsall 033D	0.806	5596/32,844	2
Walsall 033C	0.801	5639/32,844	2
Walsall 033A	0.778	5816/32,844	2
Walsall 027B	0.54	7994/32,844	3
Walsall 023D	0.358	10021/32,844	4
Walsall 036A	0.275	11076/32,844	4
Walsall 023B	0.207	12041/32,844	4
Walsall 023A	0.202	12116/32,844	4

Source: English indices of deprivation 2019
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Disclaimer: Although every care has been taken to make sure there are no mistakes in the data presented on this page, you should verify these figures with the official data source.

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