Old Dagenham Park & Village

Barking and Dagenham · London · population 8,193 · 4 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,907 of 6,856 in England
  • #923 of 1,002 in London
  • #21 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,228
Median age (est.)33
Density6,042per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above33%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 47%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 47%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 20%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 20%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure14%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 48%Asian: 14%Black: 31%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 48%Asian 14%Black 31%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 23% · Muslim 16%

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

Old Dagenham Park & Village is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,907 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (47) and lowest on Income (7). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, down 10% across five years (from 35 sales), 17% below the wider Barking and Dagenham median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,952 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 115 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 7 · #6,401
Employment 14 · #5,921
Education 34 · #4,550
Health 23 · #5,283
Crime 14 · #5,859
Housing & access 20 · #5,496
Living environment 47 · #3,659

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · -10.0% yr · n=35
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,00035-10.0%-10.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£415,0007+27.7%+18.6%
Terraced£380,00013-4.4%+3.4%
Flat£225,00015+8.4%+15.7%
This area£315,000
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)£42,952±£6,153 · #2,598 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,578
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

115 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 939 offences
Barking and Dagenham90
London102
England83

Rank #5,327 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences353
Theft168
Burglary39
Vehicle crime90
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons82
Drugs86
Robbery39
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 224 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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