Deprivation statistics show scale of hardship – how does your area compare?
England’s poorest areas are only revealed in official government data published every five years.
The British Poverty Indices, compiled by the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), rank every neighborhood in the UK from most to least deprived.
Researchers look at multiple measures of deprivation, including income, education, health, crime, barriers to housing and services, and the environment. These are combined into a single overall score.
Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has been named England’s poorest neighborhood for the fourth year in a row since 2010, data shows.
The area is in the Clacton-on-Sea constituency, which will elect Nigel Farage as its MP in 2024. The reform leader said it was “obviously sad that things are not improving faster” and added that while he felt it had helped with investment and tourism for the region, “there is a limit to what one person can do”.
All seven neighborhoods in Blackpool are among the ten poorest neighborhoods; researchers consider it to be the most deprived local authority area in England overall.
However, half of the neighborhoods in Middlesbrough were found to be very deprived, making it the council with the highest rate, followed by Birmingham and Hartlepool.
To use IndependentHere are their interactive maps to find out how each council compares:
