Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Forest Gate North, Newham

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Forest Gate North, Newham, Greater London

We have used the 8 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Forest Gate North, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Newham. 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 8 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 Forest Gate 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 Forest Gate North. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Forest Gate North

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

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

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Newham 001C	33.531	6455/32,844	2
Newham 001B	28.703	8651/32,844	3
Newham 006A	27.152	9504/32,844	3
Newham 001D	26.959	9615/32,844	3
Newham 006C	25.608	10418/32,844	4
Newham 001A	23.221	11912/32,844	4
Newham 006B	22.286	12546/32,844	4
Newham 007A	18.936	15291/32,844	5

Income Deprivation in Forest Gate North

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 Forest Gate 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
Newham 001C	0.202	6527/32,844	2
Newham 001D	0.169	8876/32,844	3
Newham 006A	0.149	10612/32,844	4
Newham 006C	0.145	10923/32,844	4
Newham 001A	0.142	11312/32,844	4
Newham 001B	0.134	12097/32,844	4
Newham 006B	0.12	13715/32,844	5
Newham 007A	0.102	16025/32,844	5

Employment Deprivation in Forest Gate North

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Forest Gate 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
Newham 001C	0.113	10574/32,844	4
Newham 006A	0.094	13575/32,844	5
Newham 006C	0.091	14114/32,844	5
Newham 001D	0.084	15415/32,844	5
Newham 007A	0.082	15819/32,844	5
Newham 001A	0.08	16403/32,844	5
Newham 001B	0.077	16912/32,844	6
Newham 006B	0.062	20978/32,844	7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Forest Gate North

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Forest Gate North population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (19767/32,844) in Forest Gate North is more than the adult average rank (15397/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Newham 001B	20.971	13155/32,844	5
Newham 001C	17.723	15321/32,844	5
Newham 006B	15.852	16701/32,844	6
Newham 001D	15.365	17071/32,844	6
Newham 006A	14.361	17860/32,844	6
Newham 006C	14.224	17965/32,844	6
Newham 001A	9.818	22024/32,844	7
Newham 007A	9.249	22624/32,844	7

Health Deprivation and Disability in Forest Gate North

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

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 Forest Gate 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
Newham 001C	0.306	11543/32,844	4
Newham 006A	0.127	14085/32,844	5
Newham 001B	0.07	14947/32,844	5
Newham 006C	-0.078	17224/32,844	6
Newham 001A	-0.118	17857/32,844	6
Newham 001D	-0.292	20532/32,844	7
Newham 006B	-0.498	23400/32,844	8
Newham 007A	-0.528	23776/32,844	8

Crime Deprivation in Forest Gate 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 Forest Gate 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
Newham 001C	0.875	4637/32,844	2
Newham 001B	0.744	6011/32,844	2
Newham 006A	0.483	9300/32,844	3
Newham 006B	0.346	11219/32,844	4
Newham 006C	0.311	11768/32,844	4
Newham 001A	0.1	15129/32,844	5
Newham 007A	-0.033	17192/32,844	6
Newham 001D	-0.094	18054/32,844	6

There were 1155 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Forest Gate North in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Forest Gate North

Extremely Bad

iLivehere Rating 10/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Forest Gate 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
Newham 001D	50.832	228/32,844	1
Newham 001C	49.763	357/32,844	1
Newham 006A	49.33	411/32,844	1
Newham 006B	48.377	526/32,844	1
Newham 006C	48.305	535/32,844	1
Newham 001B	47.775	598/32,844	1
Newham 001A	47.077	695/32,844	1
Newham 007A	41.206	1870/32,844	1

Inside Environment Deprivation in Forest Gate North

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Forest Gate 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
Newham 001B	0.681	6979/32,844	3
Newham 001D	0.448	9895/32,844	4
Newham 007A	0.219	13041/32,844	4
Newham 006B	0.181	13607/32,844	5
Newham 001A	0.007	16342/32,844	5
Newham 006C	-0.05	17257/32,844	6
Newham 006A	-0.124	18417/32,844	6
Newham 001C	-0.307	21250/32,844	7

Outside Environment Deprivation in Forest Gate North

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Forest Gate 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
Newham 001C	1.29	2486/32,844	1
Newham 001D	1.162	3146/32,844	1
Newham 001B	1.123	3362/32,844	2
Newham 001A	1.097	3518/32,844	2
Newham 006C	1.073	3646/32,844	2
Newham 006B	1.064	3701/32,844	2
Newham 006A	1.002	4117/32,844	2
Newham 007A	0.815	5528/32,844	2

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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