Enfield has the highest eviction rate in London, according to new research from Trust for London and New Policy Institute.

For every 1,000 rented households in Enfield, 3.4 per cent of tenants will face eviction, making it the worst in the capital and double the majority of other London boroughs.

The eviction rates seem to occur most in boroughs with high proportions of families with children living in the private rented sector and receiving housing benefit. One quarter of children in Enfield are currently in this situation.

As well as vulnerability for those hoping to rent, job prospects in Enfield are also looking bleak, with 33 per cent of all jobs ranking as ‘low paid’.

The findings have come from a study hosted by London’s Poverty Profile, which measures how boroughs are performing on a range of indicators – covering income, housing, inequality, employment, welfare benefits, education and health.

The number of affordable homes in Enfield increased by 320 in three years up to 2015 and 2016. This makes up 20 per cent of all the new homes in the borough, lower than the London average of 24 per cent. This brings the area down to the 12th lowest out of 32 boroughs.

However, the unemployment ratio in Enfield is 4 per cent, compared to 4.9 per cent across London.

This rate has decreased by 3.5 percentage points between 2011 to 2013 and 2014 to 2016.

Mubin Haq, Director of Policy at Grants at Trust for London said “The worrying trend we see from the data is the eviction rate in the borough, which is the highest in the capital.

"To tackle this, tenants need to be given more support, including early access to advice.

“In the longer term more social housing is needed, and in this area Enfield needs to make huge improvements.

"21,500 new affordable homes were built in London in three years up to 2015 and 2016, but only 350 of them were in Enfield.”