Deprivation Statistics for Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, Croydon

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, Croydon, Greater London

We have used the 12 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Croydon. 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 12 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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood 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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Croydon.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Croydon 001D28.3528850/32,8443
Croydon 001C26.23410027/32,8444
Croydon 001A23.511694/32,8444
Croydon 005B23.16211948/32,8444
Croydon 007C21.71512982/32,8444
Croydon 007D21.4413217/32,8445
Croydon 001E20.49213940/32,8445
Croydon 005E20.44313982/32,8445
Croydon 001B18.60315577/32,8445
Croydon 002E16.3117644/32,8446
Croydon 006B16.0617888/32,8446
Croydon 002C14.45619487/32,8446

Income Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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 NameIncome ScoreIncome Rank (England)Income Decile
Croydon 001C0.1748474/32,8443
Croydon 001D0.1718681/32,8443
Croydon 005B0.1569952/32,8444
Croydon 001A0.14111374/32,8444
Croydon 007C0.13611845/32,8444
Croydon 001E0.13312256/32,8444
Croydon 005E0.12712824/32,8444
Croydon 001B0.1213734/32,8445
Croydon 007D0.11314575/32,8445
Croydon 006B0.10116139/32,8445
Croydon 002C0.09317482/32,8446
Croydon 002E0.0917867/32,8446

Employment Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood 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 NameEmployment ScoreEmployment Rank (England)Employment Decile
Croydon 001D0.1278869/32,8443
Croydon 001A0.1179995/32,8444
Croydon 001C0.09812869/32,8444
Croydon 001E0.08714782/32,8445
Croydon 005B0.08415377/32,8445
Croydon 007D0.08116028/32,8445
Croydon 005E0.08116169/32,8445
Croydon 007C0.07617351/32,8446
Croydon 001B0.07517490/32,8446
Croydon 006B0.0718863/32,8446
Croydon 002E0.06819193/32,8446
Croydon 002C0.05323608/32,8448

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (18053/32,844) in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood is less than the adult average rank (23784/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Croydon 001C16.50916192/32,8445
Croydon 001D16.26516356/32,8445
Croydon 005E15.79916748/32,8446
Croydon 007C15.63916873/32,8446
Croydon 005B11.81920123/32,8447
Croydon 006B11.18320728/32,8447
Croydon 007D10.02621793/32,8447
Croydon 001E8.53623370/32,8448
Croydon 001B7.28124733/32,8448
Croydon 002E7.18524833/32,8448
Croydon 002C6.75325298/32,8448
Croydon 001A5.4526777/32,8449

Health Deprivation and Disability in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

5
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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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 NameHealth ScoreHealth Rank (England)Health Decile
Croydon 001C0.5588418/32,8443
Croydon 005B0.20213029/32,8444
Croydon 001D0.04815275/32,8445
Croydon 007D0.00115992/32,8445
Croydon 007C-0.02616404/32,8445
Croydon 001A-0.11317779/32,8446
Croydon 005E-0.18118848/32,8446
Croydon 006B-0.34521369/32,8447
Croydon 001E-0.41922368/32,8447
Croydon 001B-0.42222404/32,8447
Croydon 002E-0.62525019/32,8448
Croydon 002C-0.68725792/32,8448

Crime Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

7
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 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.
LSOA NameCrime ScoreCrime Rank (England)Crime Decile
Croydon 007D1.0333278/32,8441
Croydon 001A0.9763712/32,8442
Croydon 001D0.6297341/32,8443
Croydon 001B0.6127560/32,8443
Croydon 002E0.4310035/32,8444
Croydon 001E0.41510231/32,8444
Croydon 007C0.35211138/32,8444
Croydon 005B0.19113656/32,8445
Croydon 002C0.18613747/32,8445
Croydon 006B0.12114808/32,8445
Croydon 005E0.01416453/32,8446
Croydon 001C-0.03417206/32,8446

There were 608 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood in October 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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 NameBarriers ScoreBarriers Rank (England)Barriers Decile
Croydon 001C39.4142371/32,8441
Croydon 001D37.6812947/32,8441
Croydon 002C35.7313759/32,8442
Croydon 007C34.7884177/32,8442
Croydon 001E33.9034612/32,8442
Croydon 005E33.6384753/32,8442
Croydon 001B33.3654898/32,8442
Croydon 006B29.9327014/32,8443
Croydon 001A29.8957040/32,8443
Croydon 005B28.6477935/32,8443
Croydon 007D27.3768935/32,8443
Croydon 002E25.54510622/32,8444

Inside Environment Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. 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 NameInside ScoreInside Rank (England)Inside Decile
Croydon 005B0.8665023/32,8442
Croydon 002E0.6587222/32,8443
Croydon 005E0.35611119/32,8444
Croydon 007C0.3311478/32,8444
Croydon 001E0.2712297/32,8444
Croydon 001D0.21913042/32,8444
Croydon 006B0.05215632/32,8445
Croydon 001B-0.02516854/32,8446
Croydon 007D-0.02516858/32,8446
Croydon 002C-0.16319053/32,8446
Croydon 001A-0.30221185/32,8447
Croydon 001C-0.34121724/32,8447

Outside Environment Deprivation in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Croydon 007D1.4321850/32,8441
Croydon 001A1.1483232/32,8441
Croydon 002E1.0643705/32,8442
Croydon 001E1.0174013/32,8442
Croydon 001C0.994198/32,8442
Croydon 005E0.9814262/32,8442
Croydon 001D0.9784295/32,8442
Croydon 007C0.8665112/32,8442
Croydon 001B0.8375346/32,8442
Croydon 002C0.8365351/32,8442
Croydon 006B0.785797/32,8442
Croydon 005B0.7176348/32,8442

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.