Becontree North

Barking and Dagenham · London · population 12,047 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,379 of 6,856 in England
  • #798 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,041
Median age (est.)34
Density10,355per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above31%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 31%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 17%Other: 17%
One person 22%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 17%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 45%Asian: 30%Black: 16%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 45%Asian 30%Black 16%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 40% · Muslim 26% · No religion 19%

Born outside the UK: 40%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Becontree North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,379 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (43) and lowest on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 51 sales), in line with the wider Barking and Dagenham median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,922 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 13 · #5,948
Employment 27 · #5,016
Education 32 · #4,632
Health 28 · #4,899
Crime 43 · #3,892
Housing & access 10 · #6,140
Living environment 36 · #4,406

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,00051+2.9%+18.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£447,7508+6.6%+29.8%
Terraced£382,50040+0.7%+16.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£390,000
Barking and Dagenham£380,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£46,922±£7,580 · #1,651 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,599
Price-to-income ?8.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 852 offences
Barking and Dagenham90
London102
England83

Rank #3,583 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences368
Theft100
Burglary54
Vehicle crime104
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons58
Drugs37
Robbery24
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 150 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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