Dagenham North

Barking and Dagenham · London · population 9,451 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,201 of 6,856 in England
  • #748 of 1,002 in London
  • #7 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,485
Median age (est.)34
Density8,459per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above31%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 13%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 34%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 22%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 22%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure13%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 16%Black: 20%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 57%Asian 16%Black 20%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 25% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Dagenham North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,201 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (48) and lowest on Income (14). Typical homes here sold for about £366,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 57 sales), in line with the wider Barking and Dagenham median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,567 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 14 · #5,907
Employment 23 · #5,304
Education 30 · #4,790
Health 28 · #4,920
Crime 48 · #3,570
Housing & access 22 · #5,352
Living environment 46 · #3,693

House prices ?

£366,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£366,00057+1.5%+20.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£380,00047+3.7%+21.6%
Flat£240,0007+4.3%+20.0%
This area£366,000
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)£44,567±£6,436 · #2,180 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,438
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 461 offences
Barking and Dagenham90
London102
England83

Rank #2,013 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences199
Theft53
Burglary18
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons25
Drugs44
Robbery14
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 84 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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