Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Shadwell, Tower Hamlets

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Greater London

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

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Overall Deprivation in Shadwell

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Shadwell. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Tower Hamlets.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Tower Hamlets 022A 41.255 3911/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022C 38.469 4740/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022B 36.677 5313/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 025B 35.818 5604/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022D 30.888 7611/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025C 25.269 10599/32,844 4
Tower Hamlets 025D 23.954 11397/32,844 4
Tower Hamlets 025F 17.995 16124/32,844 5

Income Deprivation in Shadwell

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Shadwell. 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
Tower Hamlets 022A 0.281 2837/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 022C 0.271 3193/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 022B 0.27 3222/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 025B 0.268 3305/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022D 0.223 5329/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 025D 0.194 7019/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025C 0.182 7909/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025F 0.108 15268/32,844 5

Employment Deprivation in Shadwell

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Shadwell 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
Tower Hamlets 022B 0.172 4838/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022A 0.15 6585/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 022C 0.145 7053/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025B 0.122 9389/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 022D 0.12 9699/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025C 0.096 13191/32,844 5
Tower Hamlets 025D 0.095 13440/32,844 5
Tower Hamlets 025F 0.044 26766/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Shadwell

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Shadwell population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (23723/32,844) in Shadwell is more than the adult average rank (11049/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Tower Hamlets 025C 27.331 9681/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 022C 24.368 11147/32,844 4
Tower Hamlets 022A 22.931 11954/32,844 4
Tower Hamlets 022B 22.754 12065/32,844 4
Tower Hamlets 022D 19.803 13881/32,844 5
Tower Hamlets 025B 17.606 15389/32,844 5
Tower Hamlets 025D 8.672 23222/32,844 8
Tower Hamlets 025F 5.062 27217/32,844 9

Health Deprivation and Disability in Shadwell

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 Shadwell. 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
Tower Hamlets 022A 1.019 4096/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022B 0.695 6932/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 022C 0.515 8929/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025B 0.359 10874/32,844 4
Tower Hamlets 022D 0.128 14059/32,844 5
Tower Hamlets 025D -0.177 18785/32,844 6
Tower Hamlets 025F -0.246 19811/32,844 7
Tower Hamlets 025C -0.407 22204/32,844 7

Crime Deprivation in Shadwell

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Shadwell. 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
Tower Hamlets 025B 1.173 2395/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 025F 1.053 3127/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 022A 0.949 3936/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022C 0.937 4060/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022D 0.633 7293/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025D 0.571 8128/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 022B 0.442 9875/32,844 4
Tower Hamlets 025C -0.071 17707/32,844 6

There were 1057 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Shadwell in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Shadwell

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Shadwell. 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
Tower Hamlets 025C 36.844 3255/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 025B 34.098 4523/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022D 31.299 6087/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022C 31.027 6256/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 025D 30.574 6551/32,844 2
Tower Hamlets 022B 29.811 7096/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 022A 28.729 7874/32,844 3
Tower Hamlets 025F 26.218 9968/32,844 4

Inside Environment Deprivation in Shadwell

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Shadwell. 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
Tower Hamlets 022A 0.092 15006/32,844 5
Tower Hamlets 022C -0.075 17647/32,844 6
Tower Hamlets 022D -0.172 19178/32,844 6
Tower Hamlets 025F -0.428 22947/32,844 7
Tower Hamlets 025C -0.534 24323/32,844 8
Tower Hamlets 025B -0.859 27854/32,844 9
Tower Hamlets 025D -0.89 28110/32,844 9
Tower Hamlets 022B -1.036 29307/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in Shadwell

10
Extremely Bad
iLivehere Rating 10/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Shadwell. 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
Tower Hamlets 022C 2.28 109/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 025F 2.228 141/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 022A 2.223 146/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 025B 2.186 180/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 022D 2.106 270/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 025D 1.917 541/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 022B 1.74 914/32,844 1
Tower Hamlets 025C 1.716 975/32,844 1

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.