Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Knighton, Leicester

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Knighton, Leicester, Leicestershire

We have used the 13 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Knighton, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Leicester. 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 13 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 Knighton 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 Knighton. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Knighton

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Knighton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Leicester.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Leicester 038B 31.274 7406/32,844 3
Leicester 030G 26.556 9857/32,844 4
Leicester 038C 24.045 11362/32,844 4
Leicester 038A 21.648 13041/32,844 4
Leicester 030F 16.799 17183/32,844 6
Leicester 038D 13.674 20293/32,844 7
Leicester 032E 11.597 22645/32,844 7
Leicester 038E 11.235 23068/32,844 8
Leicester 030E 9.172 25576/32,844 8
Leicester 032B 7.838 27265/32,844 9
Leicester 032D 7.559 27619/32,844 9
Leicester 032A 5.97 29504/32,844 9
Leicester 032C 4.939 30561/32,844 10

Income Deprivation in Knighton

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Knighton. 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
Leicester 038B 0.168 8974/32,844 3
Leicester 038C 0.16 9644/32,844 3
Leicester 030G 0.144 11073/32,844 4
Leicester 038D 0.097 16780/32,844 6
Leicester 030F 0.092 17537/32,844 6
Leicester 038A 0.09 17972/32,844 6
Leicester 038E 0.072 21073/32,844 7
Leicester 032E 0.063 23029/32,844 8
Leicester 030E 0.061 23360/32,844 8
Leicester 032D 0.054 25058/32,844 8
Leicester 032B 0.045 27357/32,844 9
Leicester 032A 0.038 28990/32,844 9
Leicester 032C 0.034 30051/32,844 10

Employment Deprivation in Knighton

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Knighton 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
Leicester 030G 0.139 7578/32,844 3
Leicester 038C 0.138 7655/32,844 3
Leicester 038B 0.097 13052/32,844 4
Leicester 030F 0.079 16651/32,844 6
Leicester 038E 0.059 21706/32,844 7
Leicester 038D 0.058 22213/32,844 7
Leicester 038A 0.054 23370/32,844 8
Leicester 032E 0.05 24643/32,844 8
Leicester 030E 0.049 25097/32,844 8
Leicester 032D 0.046 25860/32,844 8
Leicester 032B 0.03 30515/32,844 10
Leicester 032A 0.029 30789/32,844 10
Leicester 032C 0.026 31438/32,844 10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Knighton

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Knighton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (23210/32,844) in Knighton is less than the adult average rank (24820/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Leicester 038B 40.444 5257/32,844 2
Leicester 038A 35.052 6746/32,844 3
Leicester 038D 21.584 12815/32,844 4
Leicester 038E 8.668 23228/32,844 8
Leicester 038C 8.063 23871/32,844 8
Leicester 030F 6.553 25541/32,844 8
Leicester 030G 4.463 27960/32,844 9
Leicester 030E 2.441 30373/32,844 10
Leicester 032D 1.856 31053/32,844 10
Leicester 032E 1.56 31382/32,844 10
Leicester 032A 1.216 31770/32,844 10
Leicester 032C 0.946 32079/32,844 10
Leicester 032B 0.605 32439/32,844 10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Knighton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
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 Knighton. 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
Leicester 030G 1.341 2141/32,844 1
Leicester 038C 0.581 8156/32,844 3
Leicester 038B 0.572 8272/32,844 3
Leicester 030F 0.47 9454/32,844 3
Leicester 038A 0.462 9568/32,844 3
Leicester 032E 0.309 11502/32,844 4
Leicester 032B 0.082 14783/32,844 5
Leicester 038D -0.047 16722/32,844 6
Leicester 038E -0.164 18598/32,844 6
Leicester 032D -0.218 19406/32,844 6
Leicester 030E -0.264 20104/32,844 7
Leicester 032A -0.34 21293/32,844 7
Leicester 032C -0.759 26559/32,844 9

Crime Deprivation in Knighton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Knighton. 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
Leicester 038B 1.409 1324/32,844 1
Leicester 038C 0.65 7079/32,844 3
Leicester 032E 0.458 9648/32,844 3
Leicester 038E 0.381 10727/32,844 4
Leicester 030E 0.334 11427/32,844 4
Leicester 038A 0.181 13838/32,844 5
Leicester 032A 0.169 14004/32,844 5
Leicester 032B 0.165 14089/32,844 5
Leicester 030G -0.006 16771/32,844 6
Leicester 038D -0.035 17217/32,844 6
Leicester 030F -0.06 17546/32,844 6
Leicester 032D -0.134 18651/32,844 6
Leicester 032C -0.162 19074/32,844 6

There were 248 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Knighton in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Knighton

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Knighton. 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
Leicester 038C 20.871 15644/32,844 5
Leicester 032E 19.032 17827/32,844 6
Leicester 032C 18.843 18069/32,844 6
Leicester 038B 18.665 18282/32,844 6
Leicester 038A 18.265 18778/32,844 6
Leicester 030F 17.503 19787/32,844 7
Leicester 030G 17.19 20196/32,844 7
Leicester 038D 14.008 24221/32,844 8
Leicester 038E 13.275 25088/32,844 8
Leicester 032A 9.572 29006/32,844 9
Leicester 032B 8.848 29636/32,844 10
Leicester 030E 7.169 30869/32,844 10
Leicester 032D 6.925 31012/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Knighton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Knighton. 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
Leicester 038A 1.291 1939/32,844 1
Leicester 030F 0.823 5453/32,844 2
Leicester 038B 0.635 7525/32,844 3
Leicester 030G 0.616 7748/32,844 3
Leicester 032B 0.425 10181/32,844 4
Leicester 032D 0.292 11976/32,844 4
Leicester 030E 0.267 12345/32,844 4
Leicester 032A 0.041 15794/32,844 5
Leicester 038D -0.043 17135/32,844 6
Leicester 032C -0.104 18093/32,844 6
Leicester 038E -0.329 21582/32,844 7
Leicester 032E -0.621 25431/32,844 8
Leicester 038C -1.03 29277/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in Knighton

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Knighton. 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
Leicester 032E 0.643 7015/32,844 3
Leicester 038B 0.386 9694/32,844 3
Leicester 038E 0.382 9734/32,844 3
Leicester 030G 0.371 9883/32,844 4
Leicester 030E 0.361 9974/32,844 4
Leicester 032A 0.284 10966/32,844 4
Leicester 038C 0.24 11556/32,844 4
Leicester 038D 0.222 11814/32,844 4
Leicester 032D 0.196 12200/32,844 4
Leicester 038A 0.185 12347/32,844 4
Leicester 030F 0.149 12874/32,844 4
Leicester 032B 0.122 13279/32,844 5
Leicester 032C 0.047 14519/32,844 5

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.