Overview
Haringey is an inner London borough located in the north of London. Just over four in ten (42%) children in the borough live in households in poverty, similar to the typical London borough (39%). Although the poverty rate is significantly high with 34% of the population living in poverty, with the London average being 28%.
The borough has the highest proportion of the working-aged population on out-of-work benefits at 16.2%. Additionally, Haringey has an above average rate of court-ordered repossessions of housing units with 2.51 repossessions per 1,000 households in 2019 compared to a London average of 1.71.
The grid below shows how Haringey compares against London overall on key poverty and inequality indicators. Red text denotes the fact that Haringey is worse than is typical for London on that indicator, and blue means it is better.