Most deprived areas in England
Local authorities ranked by the share of neighbourhoods in England's most-deprived 10% (IoD 2025).
| # | Local authority | County | Figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | North Yorkshire | 50% |
| 2 | Birmingham | West Midlands | 43% |
| 3 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | East Riding of Yorkshire | 42% |
| 4 | Hartlepool | Durham | 42% |
| 5 | Manchester | Greater Manchester | 41% |
| 6 | Burnley | Lancashire | 40% |
| 7 | Blackpool | Lancashire | 40% |
| 8 | Knowsley | Merseyside | 40% |
| 9 | Bradford | West Yorkshire | 37% |
| 10 | Oldham | Greater Manchester | 37% |
| 11 | Liverpool | Merseyside | 37% |
| 12 | Blackburn with Darwen | Lancashire | 37% |
| 13 | Pendle | Lancashire | 35% |
| 14 | Hastings | East Sussex | 34% |
| 15 | Hyndburn | Lancashire | 32% |
| 16 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 31% |
| 17 | Rochdale | Greater Manchester | 31% |
| 18 | Halton | Cheshire | 31% |
| 19 | Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire | 29% |
| 20 | Sunderland | Tyne & Wear | 28% |
| 21 | North East Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | 27% |
| 22 | Bolton | Greater Manchester | 26% |
| 23 | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne & Wear | 26% |
| 24 | Salford | Greater Manchester | 25% |
| 25 | Walsall | West Midlands | 25% |
| 26 | Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | 25% |
| 27 | Redcar and Cleveland | North Yorkshire | 25% |
| 28 | Doncaster | South Yorkshire | 23% |
| 29 | Wirral | Merseyside | 23% |
| 30 | St. Helens | Merseyside | 23% |
| 31 | Sheffield | South Yorkshire | 22% |
| 32 | Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 22% |
| 33 | Barnsley | South Yorkshire | 22% |
| 34 | Rotherham | South Yorkshire | 21% |
| 35 | South Tyneside | Tyne & Wear | 21% |
| 36 | Leicester | Leicestershire | 20% |
| 37 | Lincoln | Lincolnshire | 20% |
| 38 | Darlington | Durham | 20% |
| 39 | Tendring | Essex | 20% |
| 40 | Calderdale | West Yorkshire | 20% |
| 41 | Thanet | Kent | 19% |
| 42 | Gateshead | Tyne & Wear | 19% |
| 43 | Sefton | Merseyside | 19% |
| 44 | Stockton-on-Tees | Durham | 19% |
| 45 | Haringey | Greater London | 19% |
| 46 | Derby | Derbyshire | 18% |
| 47 | Coventry | West Midlands | 18% |
| 48 | Tameside | Greater Manchester | 18% |
| 49 | Enfield | Greater London | 18% |
| 50 | Leeds | West Yorkshire | 17% |
| 51 | Wakefield | West Yorkshire | 17% |
| 52 | County Durham | Durham | 17% |
| 53 | Preston | Lancashire | 17% |
| 54 | Sandwell | West Midlands | 16% |
| 55 | Wigan | Greater Manchester | 16% |
| 56 | Hackney | Greater London | 16% |
| 57 | East Lindsey | Lincolnshire | 15% |
| 58 | Brent | Greater London | 15% |
| 59 | Swale | Kent | 14% |
| 60 | Luton | Bedfordshire | 14% |
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Showing the top 60.
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