Lewisham is ranked 172 out of 296 local authorities in England under the government’s latest deprivation index.
Ladywell’s position has changed little since 2019, the last time the index was published. Some neighbourhoods have improved slightly while others have deteriorated.
According to the data the area is ranked high in terms of education but low in income and the environment.
According to the data 2 per cent of neighbourhoods in Lewisham are deemed highly deprived compared to 10 per cent across England as a whole.
Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has been named the most deprived neighbourhood in England for the fourth consecutive time since 2010.
But deprivation is spread across the country, with 65 per cent of local authorities containing at least one highly deprived neighbourhood, up from 61 per cent in 2019. Highly deprived places are most concentrated in the north and the midlands.
The housing, communities and local government ministry’s Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) ranks neighbourhoods based on 55 indicators measuring income, employment, education, health, crime, housing barriers and the living environment.
Deprivation is defined to be broader than poverty alone and attempts to measure “unmet need” across a range of living conditions as well as financial resources.
Reports on the deprivation index can be found on the BBC website. A good interactive map with all the data is on the FT website.