Longbridge & Barking Park

Barking and Dagenham · London · population 11,672 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,988 of 6,856 in England
  • #479 of 1,002 in London
  • #2 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,509
Median age (est.)33
Density8,853per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above34%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 16%25–44 30%45–64 22%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 12%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 12%Other: 26%
One person 21%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 12%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Administrative 12% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors11%
Associate professional11%
Elementary10%
Process & plant10%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 26%Asian: 59%Black: 9%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 26%Asian 59%Black 9%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 51% · Christian 27% · No religion 9%

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

Longbridge & Barking Park is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,988 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (62) and lowest on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £533,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 62 sales), 40% above the wider Barking and Dagenham median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,582 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 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 36 · #4,413
Employment 54 · #3,179
Education 45 · #3,755
Health 62 · #2,576
Crime 52 · #3,302
Housing & access 10 · #6,188
Living environment 34 · #4,509

House prices ?

£533,500median (12m) · +2.1% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£533,50062+2.1%+17.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£642,5008+28.6%
Terraced£540,00047+1.9%+17.4%
Flat£255,0007+2.0%+2.5%
This area£533,500
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)£50,582±£7,428 · #960 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,072
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 759 offences
Barking and Dagenham90
London102
England83

Rank #3,209 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences290
Theft123
Burglary46
Vehicle crime92
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons52
Drugs61
Robbery34
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 213 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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