England’s most deprived areas named

Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, has been named the poorest neighborhood in England for the fourth year in a row since 2010, new data shows.

Seven areas in Blackpool are among the 10 poorest areas, along with one area in Hastings and Rotherham, according to statistics published by the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Thursday.

Half of the neighborhoods in Middlesbrough are very poor, making it the local authority with the highest rate, ahead of Birmingham and Hartlepool.

Poverty is spread throughout the country; The proportion of local authorities containing at least one highly deprived neighborhood increased to 65% from 61% in 2019.

MHCLG’s Multiple Poverty Index looks at living conditions in an area; But this does not mean that everyone in high deprivation will struggle or that everyone in less deprived areas will do well.

The new figures do not indicate whether an area has become more or less prosperous since the previous report; instead, it can show patterns in how areas vary relative to each other.

There are pockets of deprivation in every part of England, surrounded by less poor places.

Jaywick was at the top of the list previously found to be the most deprived area In the last three reports published in 2010, 2015 and 2019.

MHCLG found that 82% of areas identified as most deprived in 2025 were already in this category in 2019.

The department used a series of weighted measures, including income, crime and housing barriers, to determine a neighbourhood’s level of deprivation.

They are then rated as more or less deprived than other neighbourhoods.

The report found that Tower Hamlets and Hackney in London have the highest levels of income deprivation among households with children.

Meanwhile, nine of the 10 local authority areas with the highest income deprivation among older people are in London.

The report is the latest in a long-running series used by central and local government and other bodies to target resources for local services.

The government recently announced Pride in place financing – offering a share of £5bn to “overlooked” communities – partly allocated based on 2019 deprivation figures.

The report’s authors highlight areas with a history of heavy industry or mining as being particularly affected, along with parts of East London and many coastal towns including Jaywick.

old resort town Visited by the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty As part of a fact-finding mission in 2018.

And last year, the local district council Tendring, A 20-year recovery plan worth £126m agreed.

The previous Conservative government used deprivation figures, among other criteria, when deciding where to receive “Level Up” grants.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also have Multiple Poverty Indices, each published separately. No date has been announced yet for these updates.

The Multiple Poverty Index ranks all 33,755 neighborhoods in England, each with an average of 1,500 people, according to their deprivation scores.

Point; It is calculated from data on income, employment, education, crime, health and disability, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.

Once all neighborhoods are sorted, they are divided into 10 equal groups called deciles; where the first decile is the 3,375 poorest neighborhoods and so on.

We use expressions such as “highly deprived” and “most deprived” to refer to this group of neighbourhoods. There are areas of deprivation all over England and not everyone in a neighborhood will experience deprivation equally.

Additional reporting by Jess Carr, Libby Rogers and Lucy Dady