BOROUGH PROFILE December 2020 Borough Profile – Contents Contents Housing 47 Tenure 47 Executive Summary 2 Cost of property 48 Homelessness 51 Population 12 Availability of housing 52 Population growth 12 Affordable Housing 53 Demographics 14 Our residents 17 Health 55 General health 55 Deprivation 20 Children and young people’s health 57 IMD - Overall changes since 2015 20 Adults’ health and lifestyle 61 IMD 2019 Domains 23 Disease and poor health 62 Income Deprivation Affecting Life expectancy and cause of death 66 Children Index (IDACI) 2019 30 Income Deprivation Affecting Social care 69 Older People Index (IDAOPI) 2019 31 Children in need 69 Looked after children 72 Education and skills 32 Adult safeguarding 77 Early Years 32 Adults receiving care 78 School attainment 34 Further education 37 Community safety 82 Crime offences 82 Economy 39 Gang crime and serious youth violence 87 Businesses 39 Hate crime 89 Employment 41 Domestic abuse and sexual violence 93 People out of work 43 Youth offending 95 Youth in education and training 44 16-17 Year Old NEET 44 Environment and transport 99 Apprenticeships 45 Environment 100 Skill levels of adults 45 Transport 101 Fire Services 106 Fly-tipping 106 1 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Borough Profile 2020 Executive Summary This Borough Profile provides an overview of key information about the London Borough of Croydon. Based on the The information is organised under the following sections: analysis of a range of datasets, some potential challenges Executive Summary facing the Council have been highlighted alongside some Population areas where improvements have taken place. Deprivation It is a good first reference point for intelligence about the Education and skills Borough which can help those involved in commissioning Economy and service provision on behalf of the Council. Housing Health As data throughout this document is available at different Social Care times of the year, it is intended that this will be updated at Community safety least twice a year. Environment and Transport Any feedback on this document should be addressed to Edmund Fallon, Senior Corporate Intelligence Officer, Policy & Partnerships, Resources Department. [email protected] 2 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Population Areas of progress Challenges The Croydon population One in 4 of Croydon’s population is continues to grow steadily. aged 0-17 years based on ONS MYE 2019. This will add to pressures for education provision and other services for children and younger adults. Life expectancy at birth is still The Croydon population continues to increasing for both males and grow from long-term international females. migration and 17.1% of the population is made up of non-UK born residents according to ONS 2018 estimates. 3 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Deprivation Areas of progress Challenges There remains geographic inequality in the distribution of deprivation in the borough with Croydon has become relatively less deprived the North and East of the borough remaining compared to other local authorities in more deprived. England between IMD 2015 and IMD 2019. Since IMD 2015, Croydon has become 1/220 Only one of the 220 LSOAs in Croydon is in relatively more deprived particularly under the top 5% most deprived areas in the the 2 deprivation domains relating to Barriers country under the Health Deprivation and to housing and services and Crime. Disability domain. 4 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Education and skills Areas of progress Challenges Levels of authorised absences and permanent exclusions from Take up of funded hours in Early Years primary and secondary schools in settings is still below regional and national Croydon are lower than both the averages. regional and national average rates. Croydon’s attainment 8 scores over the last 5 The percentage of pupils years have been slightly higher than the achieving a good level of KS4 national average but consistently below the development in Foundation Stage London and Outer London averages. in Croydon has been improving every year since 2015. The proportion of pupils achieving grades AAB Attainment at Key Stage 2 is or above at Key Stage 5 in Croydon is KS2 improving in Croydon but there is KS5 consistently much lower than the regional and still more to do in this area. national averages – and this has been the position every year since this indicator was first reported. 5 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Economy Areas of progress Challenges The job density rate measures the The number of businesses continues ratio of total jobs to population to grow and survival rates are higher 0.62 aged 16-64 years. The Croydon than in London and nationally. rate is lower than both the London and national rate. The proportion of 16 and 17 year olds in education or training in The proportion of out of work Croydon has been in line with both claimants has risen by around 5% the regional and national averages since March 2020 – directly as a for the past 3 years. result of the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on the economy. 6 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Housing Areas of progress Challenges Croydon remains one of the more Croydon had 1,657 net additional affordable areas to live in London dwellings in 2019/2020. This is a both to buy and to rent. 42% reduction on the 2016/2017 figure. For 2019/2020, the number of homeless households in temporary accommodation has come down by For 2019/2020, 7 in 10 homeless 15% on the previous year. households in Croydon were made up of residents from the non-White communities. 7 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Health Areas of progress Challenges The teenage (under 18 years) conception rate in Croydon has Childhood immunisation rates fallen and is now more in line continue to be lower in Croydon than with the regional and national across London and England. averages. The percentage of adult smokers in Croydon has been The estimated dementia diagnosis lower than in London and in rate for 65+ years has been going England for the past 4 years. up every year in Croydon. The number of injuries due to falls in over 65 year olds Croydon has the 6th highest has been decreasing every proportion of adults (aged 18+) year over the last 4 years. classified as overweight or obese in London. 8 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Social Care Areas of progress Challenges The rates of both the section 47 For 2019, the rate of children in enquiries and the initial child need referrals per 10,000 children protection conferences per has gone down on the previous 10,000 children continue to rise year but is still much higher than in Croydon. the rates for London and England. The number of looked after children in Croydon remains the highest in For 2019, the rate of child London. protection referrals per 10,000 children has gone down on the previous year but is still much higher than the rates for London The Social workers across both and England. Children and Adult care services continue to deal with heavy workloads, reflecting the client base in the Borough. 9 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Community Safety Areas of progress Challenges In Croydon there continues to be a drop in the annual numbers of First Time entrants to the The rate of domestic abuse incidents Youth Justice System aged 10-17 and offences per 1,000 population years. has been increasing over the last few years. The number of crimes related to criminal damage has been falling every year over the past The total number of notifiable offences in Croydon continues to 3 years. rise every year. Latest trends show that there has been a drop in the number Knife crime is still a concern with of faith, islamaphobic, anti nearly one in three incidents resulting semitic and transgender hate in injury or death. crimes. 10 Borough Profile – Executive Summary Environment and transport Areas of progress Challenges Carbon dioxide emissions Uptake of cycling in Croydon is still continue to fall for the industrial below the averages in London and and commercial and domestic nationally with only 7.6% of sectors with a lower reduction residents estimated to have done rate in the transport sector. cycling once a week during 2016/2017. Across London, Croydon continues to have one of the highest rates for the reuse, recycling and The number of road traffic collisions composting of household waste. and people killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents is still too high in Croydon. Croydon is still one of the more green London boroughs with a lot In 2018/2019, nearly 30% of of Parks and open spaces. Croydon’s municipal waste was sent to landfill which is much higher than the London and national averages. 11 Borough Profile – Population Population growth Population Overview Croydon’s population is growing. The borough population recorded in Census 2001 was 330,587 and in the 2011 Overview Census it had increased to 363,378. Based on ONS mid- This section offers a brief overview of the Croydon year estimates 2019, Croydon is home to 386,710 people population looking at: and this is expected to increase to just under 500,000 by 2050. Population growth Demographics Figure 1 – Projected population growth in Croydon Our residents Croydon Population Croydon Council is the second largest of all the London boroughs in terms of population, with approximately 386,700 500,000 residents (ONS 2019). Nearly a quarter of this figure (24.5%) is made up of young people aged 17 years or under. 400,000 Around one in seven (13.8%) of our residents are aged 65 300,000 years or over. Croydon’s Corporate Plan 2018-2022 outlines the Council’s 200,000 key priorities to ensure no one is left behind, that Croydon’s approach and growth becomes sustainable and Croydon’s 100,000 infrastructure is fit for purpose for the world today.