Deprivation map — whole UK
The Deprivation layer shades every UK neighbourhood by its decile on its own nation’s official index — red for the most deprived tenth of that nation, blue for the least.
What the map shows
Each neighbourhood is grouped into a decile on its nation’s deprivation index — decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of that nation, decile 10 the least. For England, a picker in the legend also switches the shading between the overall index and each of its seven domains (income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers to housing & services, living environment), and tapping an English area shows all of its deciles at once.
Four nations, four indices
The UK has no single deprivation index. This map uses each nation’s own: the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (England, MHCLG), the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 (Welsh Government), the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 (Scottish Government) and the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017 (NISRA). All combine income, employment, health, education and other domains into one relative measure.
Coverage and caveats
Deciles rank areas within their own nation, not across borders — a Scottish decile-1 area and an English decile-1 area are each in the worst tenth of their country, but the four indices use different methods and can’t be compared directly. Each is relative: it ranks areas against each other rather than measuring wealth in pounds, and a whole area’s score says nothing certain about any one household.
Common questions
What is the Index of Multiple Deprivation?
The official measure of relative deprivation for small areas, combining income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers to housing & services and living environment into a single rank. England’s current edition is the IMD 2025; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each publish their own equivalent.
What does decile 1 mean on the deprivation map?
The area is in the most deprived 10% of its nation; decile 10 means the least deprived 10%. The map shades decile 1 red through to decile 10 blue.
Can deprivation deciles be compared across the four UK nations?
Not directly. Each nation ranks its own areas with its own methodology, so an English decile-1 area and a Scottish decile-1 area are each in their nation’s worst tenth — but the two indices measure slightly different things.
Other layers
Social housing & council homes map · Crime & anti-social behaviour map · Noise & sound pollution map · House prices per m² map · Broadband speed map · Social housing by council