English indices of deprivation 2025
Statistics on relative deprivation in small areas in England. Further details are provided at the bottom of this page and in the FAQ document.
Applies to England
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These statistics update the English indices of deprivation 2019.
The English indices of deprivation measure relative deprivation in small areas in England called lower-layer super output areas. The index of multiple deprivation is the most widely used of these indices.
The statistical release and FAQ document (above) explain how the Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25) and the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD25) can be used and signpost users to the suite of data files and guidance documents available.
The first data file contains the IMD25 ranks and deciles and is usually sufficient for the purposes of most users.
Our Local Deprivation Explorer allows users to look up deprivation data for their area, explore comparisons across England using an interactive map, and download data, with the option to download deprivation data for specific post-codes. A spatial data geopackage is also available complete with shapefiles, mapping templates and further mapping resources online.
Further detail is available in the research report, which gives detailed guidance on how to interpret the data and presents some further findings, and the technical report, which describes the methodology and quality assurance processes underpinning the indices.
As part of the IoD25 update, a rural report, produced in collaboration with Defra, considers how deprivation can manifest in a specifically rural context, how it may be quantified or measured and how this may be improved in future.