Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Newtown and St Leonard's, Exeter

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Newtown and St Leonard's, Exeter, Devon

We have used the 7 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Newtown and St Leonard's, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Exeter. 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 7 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 Newtown and St Leonard's 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 Newtown and St Leonard's. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Newtown and St Leonard's

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Newtown and St Leonard's. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Exeter.

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Exeter 008B	35.511	5708/32,844	2
Exeter 008A	18.154	16010/32,844	5
Exeter 009D	14.324	19618/32,844	6
Exeter 004A	12.87	21190/32,844	7
Exeter 009A	12.536	21566/32,844	7
Exeter 009B	8.117	26932/32,844	9
Exeter 009C	3.991	31519/32,844	10

Income Deprivation in Newtown and St Leonard's

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 Newtown and St Leonard's. 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
Exeter 008B	0.216	5740/32,844	2
Exeter 008A	0.087	18357/32,844	6
Exeter 009D	0.082	19127/32,844	6
Exeter 009A	0.08	19457/32,844	6
Exeter 009B	0.054	25115/32,844	8
Exeter 004A	0.046	27032/32,844	9
Exeter 009C	0.033	30283/32,844	10

Employment Deprivation in Newtown and St Leonard's

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Newtown and St Leonard's 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
Exeter 008B	0.173	4794/32,844	2
Exeter 008A	0.072	18193/32,844	6
Exeter 009D	0.071	18527/32,844	6
Exeter 009B	0.061	21170/32,844	7
Exeter 009A	0.057	22424/32,844	7
Exeter 004A	0.04	27960/32,844	9
Exeter 009C	0.032	30130/32,844	10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Newtown and St Leonard's

Very Good

iLivehere Rating 2/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Newtown and St Leonard's population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (24455/32,844) in Newtown and St Leonard's is less than the adult average rank (28399/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Exeter 008B	16.549	16159/32,844	5
Exeter 009D	10.789	21092/32,844	7
Exeter 004A	5.344	26910/32,844	9
Exeter 008A	2.833	29948/32,844	10
Exeter 009A	2.718	30068/32,844	10
Exeter 009C	1.486	31468/32,844	10
Exeter 009B	0.796	32241/32,844	10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Newtown and St Leonard's

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 Newtown and St Leonard's. 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
Exeter 008B	1.624	1054/32,844	1
Exeter 008A	0.429	9963/32,844	4
Exeter 009A	0.045	15320/32,844	5
Exeter 004A	-0.023	16358/32,844	5
Exeter 009D	-0.148	18357/32,844	6
Exeter 009B	-0.595	24660/32,844	8
Exeter 009C	-0.657	25425/32,844	8

Crime Deprivation in Newtown and St Leonard's

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Newtown and St Leonard's. 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
Exeter 008A	0.582	7960/32,844	3
Exeter 008B	0.49	9202/32,844	3
Exeter 009D	-0.037	17260/32,844	6
Exeter 009A	-0.259	20473/32,844	7
Exeter 004A	-0.293	20943/32,844	7
Exeter 009B	-0.658	25736/32,844	8
Exeter 009C	-1.037	29397/32,844	9

There were 703 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Newtown and St Leonard's in February 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Newtown and St Leonard's

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Newtown and St Leonard's. 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
Exeter 009B	27.036	9237/32,844	3
Exeter 004A	17.176	20212/32,844	7
Exeter 008A	16.847	20622/32,844	7
Exeter 009A	16.841	20630/32,844	7
Exeter 008B	15.884	21822/32,844	7
Exeter 009C	15.712	22062/32,844	7
Exeter 009D	13.853	24408/32,844	8

Inside Environment Deprivation in Newtown and St Leonard's

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Newtown and St Leonard's. 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
Exeter 004A	1.666	676/32,844	1
Exeter 008A	1.185	2553/32,844	1
Exeter 009D	1.09	3176/32,844	1
Exeter 009A	0.94	4349/32,844	2
Exeter 008B	0.536	8718/32,844	3
Exeter 009C	0.222	12992/32,844	4
Exeter 009B	-0.488	23763/32,844	8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Newtown and St Leonard's

Good

iLivehere Rating 3/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Newtown and St Leonard's. 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
Exeter 009A	-0.133	17553/32,844	6
Exeter 008A	-0.209	18804/32,844	6
Exeter 008B	-0.443	22676/32,844	7
Exeter 009B	-0.515	23714/32,844	8
Exeter 004A	-0.609	25042/32,844	8
Exeter 009D	-0.689	26024/32,844	8
Exeter 009C	-0.823	27682/32,844	9

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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