According to an analysis of poverty, health, and deprivation in Barnet, one ward is in the top quartile of national deprivation and six more are in the second quartile. Three wards have unemployment over 50% higher than average and up to 4.5 times higher than the lowest ward. Over a quarter of school children qualifying for free meals are concentrated in two wards, and five wards have crime and disorder rates over twice as high as the lowest wards. Most areas experiencing the worst deprivation are in western Barnet, and crime hotspots are located around social housing, particularly four large housing estates considered to offer a poor environment.

1. Creating sustainable communities
The Council’s analysis of poverty, health and deprivation using the Government Index of
Multiple Deprivation and local data sources shows that:
• one of Barnet’s 21 wards (Burnt Oak) is in the top quartile of national deprivation, with six
more in the second quartile
• three wards have an unemployment rate more than 50 percent higher than the borough
average and up to four and a half times higher than the lowest ward
• over one quarter of Barnet’s school children qualifying for school meals are
concentrated in two wards
• five wards have crime rates and disorder call rates that are more than twice as high as the
lowest wards.
Most of the areas experiencing the worst deprivation are in the west of the borough. Although
Barnet is among the safest of London boroughs, our residents consistently place ‘crime’ and
‘fear of crime’ as their top concern throughout the borough, through actual crimes hotspots are
located in the more deprived areas and located around social housing areas. Four of Barnet’s
large estates are regarded by Barnet Housing Service as offering a particularly poor
environment. These are: list?