Residential Mobility and Deprivation (RMD) datasets are products of CDRC research that provide yearly estimates of the mean differences of residential mobility and deprivation of all known adults’ moves to, from and within each neighbourhood. Data is provided for 1998-2020 on small area estimates across the UK, comprising of Lower Layer Super Output Area for England and Wales (LSOA), Data Zones for Scotland (DZ), and Super output Areas for Northern Ireland (SOA).

The data are created from blends of indices of multiple deprivation across the UK and CDRC secure data Linked Consumer Registers. These data allow researchers to whether incoming residents likely originate from more or less deprived neighbourhoods, perhaps indicating neighbourhood gentrification or relative obsolescence, each over an extended period. The annual estimates and attribution of precise neighbourhood origins and destinations extends what is available from decennial census data. In addition, researchers can investigate which neighbourhoods are platforms for moves to less or more deprived neighbourhoods, indicating neighbourhood roles in facilitating social mobility. LCR estimates are triangulated with census statistics and can be used to update them during intercensal periods.

Some of the data have been mapped on Trust for London’s Poverty Profile.