Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Harpenden North, St Albans

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Harpenden North, St Albans, Hertfordshire

We have used the 5 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Harpenden North, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of St Albans. 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 5 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 Harpenden 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 Harpenden North. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Harpenden North

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Harpenden North. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of St Albans.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
St Albans 001C 9.99 24546/32,844 8
St Albans 001D 3.681 31768/32,844 10
St Albans 001B 2.415 32529/32,844 10
St Albans 001A 2.347 32556/32,844 10
St Albans 001E 1.175 32822/32,844 10

Income Deprivation in Harpenden North

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Harpenden 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
St Albans 001C 0.097 16828/32,844 6
St Albans 001D 0.044 27656/32,844 9
St Albans 001A 0.02 32257/32,844 10
St Albans 001B 0.015 32592/32,844 10
St Albans 001E 0.014 32658/32,844 10

Employment Deprivation in Harpenden North

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Harpenden 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
St Albans 001C 0.063 20549/32,844 7
St Albans 001D 0.027 31329/32,844 10
St Albans 001A 0.019 32295/32,844 10
St Albans 001B 0.015 32605/32,844 10
St Albans 001E 0.014 32643/32,844 10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Harpenden North

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Harpenden North population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (30664/32,844) in Harpenden North is less than the adult average rank (31760/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
St Albans 001C 4.594 27794/32,844 9
St Albans 001D 0.752 32294/32,844 10
St Albans 001E 0.415 32593/32,844 10
St Albans 001B 0.271 32709/32,844 10
St Albans 001A 0.194 32767/32,844 10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Harpenden North

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
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 Harpenden 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
St Albans 001C -1.116 29711/32,844 10
St Albans 001D -1.56 31880/32,844 10
St Albans 001A -1.725 32256/32,844 10
St Albans 001E -1.946 32561/32,844 10
St Albans 001B -1.955 32570/32,844 10

Crime Deprivation in Harpenden North

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Harpenden 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
St Albans 001C 0.109 14998/32,844 5
St Albans 001D -0.179 19341/32,844 6
St Albans 001B -1.392 31404/32,844 10
St Albans 001A -1.685 32263/32,844 10
St Albans 001E -1.785 32421/32,844 10

There were 79 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Harpenden North in March 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Harpenden North

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Harpenden 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
St Albans 001B 24.143 11992/32,844 4
St Albans 001A 21.96 14376/32,844 5
St Albans 001C 19.894 16779/32,844 6
St Albans 001D 16.759 20731/32,844 7
St Albans 001E 16.471 21083/32,844 7

Inside Environment Deprivation in Harpenden North

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Harpenden 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
St Albans 001D -0.565 24720/32,844 8
St Albans 001A -0.748 26811/32,844 9
St Albans 001C -0.758 26926/32,844 9
St Albans 001E -1.576 31772/32,844 10
St Albans 001B -1.706 32075/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in Harpenden North

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Harpenden 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
St Albans 001C -0.361 21367/32,844 7
St Albans 001A -0.362 21407/32,844 7
St Albans 001B -0.517 23724/32,844 8
St Albans 001E -0.525 23833/32,844 8
St Albans 001D -0.617 25120/32,844 8

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.