Creekmouth & Barking Riverside

Barking and Dagenham · London · population 14,197 · 8 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,290 of 6,856 in England
  • #773 of 1,002 in London
  • #8 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents14,055
Median age (est.)32
Density4,116per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above38%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 12%25–44 35%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 31%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 17%Other: 19%
One person 22%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 17%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Elementary15%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 31%Black: 25%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 36%Asian 31%Black 25%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · Muslim 30% · No religion 15%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Creekmouth & Barking Riverside is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,290 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (39) and lowest on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £330,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 84 sales), 13% below the wider Barking and Dagenham median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,527 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 78 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 14 · #5,900
Employment 31 · #4,728
Education 37 · #4,317
Health 38 · #4,214
Crime 39 · #4,193
Housing & access 9 · #6,222
Living environment 28 · #4,961

House prices ?

£330,000median (12m) · +1.6% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£330,00084+1.6%+3.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£392,50036+6.1%+7.5%
Flat£250,00044+3.1%-9.4%
This area£330,000
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)£49,527±£7,309 · #1,144 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,495
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

78 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,101 offences
Barking and Dagenham90
London102
England83

Rank #3,948 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences477
Theft144
Burglary53
Vehicle crime153
Criminal damage & arson77
Public order & weapons68
Drugs55
Robbery54
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 287 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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