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Index of Multiple Deprivation average score

Context only: shown on council pages but not scored, so councils are listed from highest to lowest, not ranked. The median of the 130 is 24.057.

Higher = more deprived.

Index of Multiple Deprivation average score by council
CouncilIndex of Multiple Deprivation average scoreType
Blackpool43.467Unitary council
Middlesbrough40.037Unitary council
Manchester38.677Metropolitan borough
Birmingham38.115Metropolitan borough
Hartlepool37.580Unitary council
Kingston upon Hull, City of37.206Unitary council
Liverpool37.110Metropolitan borough
Blackburn with Darwen36.899Unitary council
Oldham36.830Metropolitan borough
Bradford36.713Metropolitan borough
Knowsley36.157Metropolitan borough
Leicester34.449Unitary council
Rochdale34.331Metropolitan borough
Sandwell33.772Metropolitan borough
Nottingham33.747Unitary council
Stoke-on-Trent33.614Unitary council
Sunderland32.760Metropolitan borough
Wolverhampton32.552Metropolitan borough
Salford32.345Metropolitan borough
Hackney31.795London borough
Walsall31.732Metropolitan borough
Newham31.583London borough
Bolton31.410Metropolitan borough
Halton31.117Unitary council
South Tyneside31.061Metropolitan borough
Haringey30.856London borough
Tower Hamlets30.554London borough
Doncaster30.523Metropolitan borough
Redcar and Cleveland30.336Unitary council
Barking and Dagenham30.266London borough
North East Lincolnshire30.213Unitary council
Barnsley30.057Metropolitan borough
Brent30.046London borough
Enfield29.888London borough
Rotherham29.836Metropolitan borough
Tameside29.836Metropolitan borough
Luton29.548Unitary council
St. Helens28.953Metropolitan borough
Newcastle upon Tyne28.834Metropolitan borough
County Durham28.808Unitary council
Derby28.155Unitary council
Gateshead28.128Metropolitan borough
Peterborough27.799Unitary council
Calderdale27.582Metropolitan borough
Sheffield27.574Metropolitan borough
Coventry27.528Metropolitan borough
Wirral27.473Metropolitan borough
Wakefield27.247Metropolitan borough
Torbay26.917Unitary council
Islington26.651London borough
Portsmouth26.378Unitary council
Ealing25.947London borough
Stockton-on-Tees25.830Unitary council
Kirklees25.805Metropolitan borough
Darlington25.713Unitary council
Southampton25.611Unitary council
Lewisham25.472London borough
Wigan25.206Metropolitan borough
Sefton25.150Metropolitan borough
Hounslow24.859London borough
Isle of Wight24.599Unitary council
Telford and Wrekin24.423Unitary council
Medway24.354Unitary council
Leeds24.115Metropolitan borough
Plymouth24.087Unitary council
Southend-on-Sea24.027Unitary council
Bury24.008Metropolitan borough
Westminster23.931London borough
Cumberland23.807Unitary council
Camden23.695London borough
Greenwich23.539London borough
North Lincolnshire23.473Unitary council
Waltham Forest23.453London borough
Southwark23.328London borough
Dudley23.174Metropolitan borough
Lambeth23.041London borough
Slough22.967Unitary council
Croydon22.562London borough
Bristol, City of22.496Unitary council
Cornwall22.321Unitary council
Northumberland21.963Unitary council
Hammersmith and Fulham21.202London borough
Thurrock21.032Unitary council
North Tyneside20.932Metropolitan borough
Hillingdon20.653London borough
Kensington and Chelsea20.339London borough
Brighton and Hove20.266Unitary council
Redbridge19.854London borough
Bedford19.747Unitary council
Barnet19.499London borough
Somerset19.137Unitary council
Herefordshire, County of18.762Unitary council
Reading18.558Unitary council
Milton Keynes18.503Unitary council
North Northamptonshire18.472Unitary council
Stockport18.404Metropolitan borough
Westmorland and Furness17.836Unitary council
Cheshire West and Chester17.736Unitary council
Shropshire17.604Unitary council
Swindon17.554Unitary council
Harrow17.527London borough
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole17.513Unitary council
Solihull17.040Metropolitan borough
Warrington16.835Unitary council
Havering16.755London borough
West Northamptonshire16.646Unitary council
Dorset16.268Unitary council
North Yorkshire15.799Unitary council
East Riding of Yorkshire15.755Unitary council
North Somerset15.456Unitary council
Bexley15.302London borough
Wandsworth15.157London borough
Trafford14.972Metropolitan borough
Merton14.384London borough
Cheshire East14.169Unitary council
Sutton13.850London borough
Wiltshire13.608Unitary council
Central Bedfordshire13.102Unitary council
Bromley12.673London borough
Bath and North East Somerset12.281Unitary council
Buckinghamshire11.921Unitary council
York11.814Unitary council
South Gloucestershire11.614Unitary council
Kingston upon Thames11.063London borough
West Berkshire11.049Unitary council
Bracknell Forest10.084Unitary council
Rutland9.851Unitary council
Richmond upon Thames9.532London borough
Windsor and Maidenhead8.881Unitary council
Wokingham6.102Unitary council

Period: 2025. Source: MHCLG — English indices of deprivation 2025. How we score

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