Deprivation Statistics for Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, Croydon

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, Croydon, Greater London

We have used the 12 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Croydon. 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 12 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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood 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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Croydon.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Croydon 001D 28.352 8850/32,844 3
Croydon 001C 26.234 10027/32,844 4
Croydon 001A 23.5 11694/32,844 4
Croydon 005B 23.162 11948/32,844 4
Croydon 007C 21.715 12982/32,844 4
Croydon 007D 21.44 13217/32,844 5
Croydon 001E 20.492 13940/32,844 5
Croydon 005E 20.443 13982/32,844 5
Croydon 001B 18.603 15577/32,844 5
Croydon 002E 16.31 17644/32,844 6
Croydon 006B 16.06 17888/32,844 6
Croydon 002C 14.456 19487/32,844 6

Income Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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
Croydon 001C 0.174 8474/32,844 3
Croydon 001D 0.171 8681/32,844 3
Croydon 005B 0.156 9952/32,844 4
Croydon 001A 0.141 11374/32,844 4
Croydon 007C 0.136 11845/32,844 4
Croydon 001E 0.133 12256/32,844 4
Croydon 005E 0.127 12824/32,844 4
Croydon 001B 0.12 13734/32,844 5
Croydon 007D 0.113 14575/32,844 5
Croydon 006B 0.101 16139/32,844 5
Croydon 002C 0.093 17482/32,844 6
Croydon 002E 0.09 17867/32,844 6

Employment Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood 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
Croydon 001D 0.127 8869/32,844 3
Croydon 001A 0.117 9995/32,844 4
Croydon 001C 0.098 12869/32,844 4
Croydon 001E 0.087 14782/32,844 5
Croydon 005B 0.084 15377/32,844 5
Croydon 007D 0.081 16028/32,844 5
Croydon 005E 0.081 16169/32,844 5
Croydon 007C 0.076 17351/32,844 6
Croydon 001B 0.075 17490/32,844 6
Croydon 006B 0.07 18863/32,844 6
Croydon 002E 0.068 19193/32,844 6
Croydon 002C 0.053 23608/32,844 8

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (18053/32,844) in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood is less than the adult average rank (23784/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Croydon 001C 16.509 16192/32,844 5
Croydon 001D 16.265 16356/32,844 5
Croydon 005E 15.799 16748/32,844 6
Croydon 007C 15.639 16873/32,844 6
Croydon 005B 11.819 20123/32,844 7
Croydon 006B 11.183 20728/32,844 7
Croydon 007D 10.026 21793/32,844 7
Croydon 001E 8.536 23370/32,844 8
Croydon 001B 7.281 24733/32,844 8
Croydon 002E 7.185 24833/32,844 8
Croydon 002C 6.753 25298/32,844 8
Croydon 001A 5.45 26777/32,844 9

Health Deprivation and Disability in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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
Croydon 001C 0.558 8418/32,844 3
Croydon 005B 0.202 13029/32,844 4
Croydon 001D 0.048 15275/32,844 5
Croydon 007D 0.001 15992/32,844 5
Croydon 007C -0.026 16404/32,844 5
Croydon 001A -0.113 17779/32,844 6
Croydon 005E -0.181 18848/32,844 6
Croydon 006B -0.345 21369/32,844 7
Croydon 001E -0.419 22368/32,844 7
Croydon 001B -0.422 22404/32,844 7
Croydon 002E -0.625 25019/32,844 8
Croydon 002C -0.687 25792/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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
Croydon 007D 1.033 3278/32,844 1
Croydon 001A 0.976 3712/32,844 2
Croydon 001D 0.629 7341/32,844 3
Croydon 001B 0.612 7560/32,844 3
Croydon 002E 0.43 10035/32,844 4
Croydon 001E 0.415 10231/32,844 4
Croydon 007C 0.352 11138/32,844 4
Croydon 005B 0.191 13656/32,844 5
Croydon 002C 0.186 13747/32,844 5
Croydon 006B 0.121 14808/32,844 5
Croydon 005E 0.014 16453/32,844 6
Croydon 001C -0.034 17206/32,844 6

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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
Croydon 001C 39.414 2371/32,844 1
Croydon 001D 37.681 2947/32,844 1
Croydon 002C 35.731 3759/32,844 2
Croydon 007C 34.788 4177/32,844 2
Croydon 001E 33.903 4612/32,844 2
Croydon 005E 33.638 4753/32,844 2
Croydon 001B 33.365 4898/32,844 2
Croydon 006B 29.932 7014/32,844 3
Croydon 001A 29.895 7040/32,844 3
Croydon 005B 28.647 7935/32,844 3
Croydon 007D 27.376 8935/32,844 3
Croydon 002E 25.545 10622/32,844 4

Inside Environment Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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
Croydon 005B 0.866 5023/32,844 2
Croydon 002E 0.658 7222/32,844 3
Croydon 005E 0.356 11119/32,844 4
Croydon 007C 0.33 11478/32,844 4
Croydon 001E 0.27 12297/32,844 4
Croydon 001D 0.219 13042/32,844 4
Croydon 006B 0.052 15632/32,844 5
Croydon 001B -0.025 16854/32,844 6
Croydon 007D -0.025 16858/32,844 6
Croydon 002C -0.163 19053/32,844 6
Croydon 001A -0.302 21185/32,844 7
Croydon 001C -0.341 21724/32,844 7

Outside Environment Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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
Croydon 007D 1.432 1850/32,844 1
Croydon 001A 1.148 3232/32,844 1
Croydon 002E 1.064 3705/32,844 2
Croydon 001E 1.017 4013/32,844 2
Croydon 001C 0.99 4198/32,844 2
Croydon 005E 0.981 4262/32,844 2
Croydon 001D 0.978 4295/32,844 2
Croydon 007C 0.866 5112/32,844 2
Croydon 001B 0.837 5346/32,844 2
Croydon 002C 0.836 5351/32,844 2
Croydon 006B 0.78 5797/32,844 2
Croydon 005B 0.717 6348/32,844 2

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.