Becontree South

Barking and Dagenham · London · population 9,446 · 5 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,153 of 6,856 in England
  • #738 of 1,002 in London
  • #6 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,401
Median age (est.)34
Density7,204per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above30%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 13%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 37%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 21%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 21%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades13%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 17%Black: 21%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 56%Asian 17%Black 21%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 24% · Muslim 18%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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 South is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,153 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (36) and lowest on Income (16). Typical homes here sold for about £385,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 59 sales), in line with the wider Barking and Dagenham median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,525 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 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 16 · #5,743
Employment 26 · #5,036
Education 25 · #5,160
Health 36 · #4,385
Crime 32 · #4,687
Housing & access 31 · #4,755
Living environment 27 · #5,016

House prices ?

£385,000median (12m) · +8.3% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£385,00059+8.3%+20.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£500,00010+8.7%+33.3%
Terraced£379,00045+5.8%+19.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£385,000
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)£43,525±£6,260 · #2,443 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,045
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 655 offences
Barking and Dagenham90
London102
England83

Rank #3,484 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences252
Theft130
Burglary27
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons41
Drugs44
Robbery40
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 78 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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