Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Cradley and Wollescote, Dudley

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Cradley and Wollescote, Dudley, West Midlands

We have used the 14 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Cradley and Wollescote, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Dudley. 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 14 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 Cradley and Wollescote 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 Cradley and Wollescote. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Cradley and Wollescote

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Cradley and Wollescote. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Dudley.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Dudley 037B 54.825 1486/32,844 1
Dudley 032A 42.852 3509/32,844 2
Dudley 042A 35.719 5630/32,844 2
Dudley 037C 34.229 6169/32,844 2
Dudley 037A 34.102 6228/32,844 2
Dudley 037D 28.059 8999/32,844 3
Dudley 032B 27.861 9113/32,844 3
Dudley 033D 27.144 9507/32,844 3
Dudley 033B 26.081 10136/32,844 4
Dudley 033C 25.168 10664/32,844 4
Dudley 033F 23.713 11567/32,844 4
Dudley 033E 21.755 12951/32,844 4
Dudley 032C 17.259 16757/32,844 6
Dudley 032D 14.148 19791/32,844 7

Income Deprivation in Cradley and Wollescote

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Cradley and Wollescote. 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
Dudley 037B 0.381 578/32,844 1
Dudley 032A 0.318 1705/32,844 1
Dudley 042A 0.245 4239/32,844 2
Dudley 037A 0.222 5384/32,844 2
Dudley 037C 0.219 5563/32,844 2
Dudley 033B 0.201 6586/32,844 3
Dudley 033D 0.19 7346/32,844 3
Dudley 032B 0.186 7579/32,844 3
Dudley 033C 0.179 8110/32,844 3
Dudley 033F 0.166 9115/32,844 3
Dudley 037D 0.164 9286/32,844 3
Dudley 033E 0.155 10039/32,844 4
Dudley 032C 0.083 19088/32,844 6
Dudley 032D 0.079 19776/32,844 7

Employment Deprivation in Cradley and Wollescote

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Cradley and Wollescote 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
Dudley 037B 0.253 1212/32,844 1
Dudley 032A 0.2 3125/32,844 1
Dudley 037A 0.189 3772/32,844 2
Dudley 042A 0.177 4470/32,844 2
Dudley 037C 0.172 4874/32,844 2
Dudley 032B 0.154 6179/32,844 2
Dudley 033D 0.153 6263/32,844 2
Dudley 033B 0.124 9215/32,844 3
Dudley 033F 0.122 9469/32,844 3
Dudley 037D 0.12 9680/32,844 3
Dudley 033C 0.118 9901/32,844 4
Dudley 033E 0.108 11241/32,844 4
Dudley 032C 0.083 15674/32,844 5
Dudley 032D 0.059 21802/32,844 7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Cradley and Wollescote

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Cradley and Wollescote population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (8913/32,844) in Cradley and Wollescote is more than the adult average rank (5769/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Dudley 037B 62.23 1485/32,844 1
Dudley 042A 56.026 2247/32,844 1
Dudley 032A 53.293 2682/32,844 1
Dudley 037D 47.201 3724/32,844 2
Dudley 037A 42.218 4817/32,844 2
Dudley 037C 36.872 6227/32,844 2
Dudley 033D 36.052 6420/32,844 2
Dudley 033B 34.708 6865/32,844 3
Dudley 033E 31.209 8106/32,844 3
Dudley 033F 30.217 8467/32,844 3
Dudley 032B 28.279 9278/32,844 3
Dudley 032C 25.783 10423/32,844 4
Dudley 033C 22.637 12149/32,844 4
Dudley 032D 19.697 13944/32,844 5

Health Deprivation and Disability in Cradley and Wollescote

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
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 Cradley and Wollescote. 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
Dudley 037B 1.14 3242/32,844 1
Dudley 042A 0.899 5056/32,844 2
Dudley 037A 0.757 6315/32,844 2
Dudley 032A 0.684 7037/32,844 3
Dudley 033F 0.465 9525/32,844 3
Dudley 037D 0.462 9569/32,844 3
Dudley 037C 0.458 9619/32,844 3
Dudley 033B 0.441 9817/32,844 3
Dudley 032B 0.406 10247/32,844 4
Dudley 033E 0.31 11483/32,844 4
Dudley 033D 0.276 11952/32,844 4
Dudley 032D 0.236 12563/32,844 4
Dudley 033C 0.223 12740/32,844 4
Dudley 032C 0.032 15523/32,844 5

Crime Deprivation in Cradley and Wollescote

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Cradley and Wollescote. 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
Dudley 037C 0.666 6902/32,844 3
Dudley 032A 0.615 7523/32,844 3
Dudley 037B 0.594 7821/32,844 3
Dudley 037D 0.405 10368/32,844 4
Dudley 037A 0.251 12721/32,844 4
Dudley 033D 0.079 15440/32,844 5
Dudley 032B -0.102 18160/32,844 6
Dudley 033C -0.127 18541/32,844 6
Dudley 033B -0.133 18640/32,844 6
Dudley 033E -0.171 19216/32,844 6
Dudley 042A -0.19 19489/32,844 6
Dudley 033F -0.301 21057/32,844 7
Dudley 032C -0.556 24533/32,844 8
Dudley 032D -0.606 25152/32,844 8

There were 172 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Cradley and Wollescote in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Cradley and Wollescote

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Cradley and Wollescote. 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
Dudley 032D 22.623 13607/32,844 5
Dudley 032C 16.544 20990/32,844 7
Dudley 033E 15.819 21908/32,844 7
Dudley 037B 13.248 25115/32,844 8
Dudley 037D 12.766 25682/32,844 8
Dudley 032A 11.129 27498/32,844 9
Dudley 037A 10.176 28437/32,844 9
Dudley 032B 9.782 28800/32,844 9
Dudley 037C 9.356 29200/32,844 9
Dudley 033F 8.806 29682/32,844 10
Dudley 033B 8.192 30176/32,844 10
Dudley 042A 7.215 30850/32,844 10
Dudley 033C 5.882 31608/32,844 10
Dudley 033D 5.757 31668/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Cradley and Wollescote

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Cradley and Wollescote. 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
Dudley 033C 1.279 1998/32,844 1
Dudley 032C 0.998 3882/32,844 2
Dudley 037C 0.927 4442/32,844 2
Dudley 032B 0.92 4496/32,844 2
Dudley 037D 0.731 6459/32,844 2
Dudley 033B 0.566 8363/32,844 3
Dudley 033F 0.477 9510/32,844 3
Dudley 037B 0.374 10884/32,844 4
Dudley 032D 0.367 10978/32,844 4
Dudley 033D 0.347 11249/32,844 4
Dudley 032A 0.344 11287/32,844 4
Dudley 037A 0.272 12265/32,844 4
Dudley 042A 0.121 14566/32,844 5
Dudley 033E -0.075 17650/32,844 6

Outside Environment Deprivation in Cradley and Wollescote

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Cradley and Wollescote. 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
Dudley 037C 0.148 12903/32,844 4
Dudley 037B 0.058 14346/32,844 5
Dudley 033F -0.09 16815/32,844 6
Dudley 033D -0.135 17582/32,844 6
Dudley 033C -0.139 17651/32,844 6
Dudley 032B -0.181 18332/32,844 6
Dudley 032A -0.205 18734/32,844 6
Dudley 033E -0.265 19720/32,844 7
Dudley 032C -0.304 20414/32,844 7
Dudley 037D -0.385 21799/32,844 7
Dudley 032D -0.402 22056/32,844 7
Dudley 037A -0.403 22069/32,844 7
Dudley 033B -0.577 24573/32,844 8
Dudley 042A -0.81 27520/32,844 9

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.