There are 33,755 small areas (Lower-layer Super Output Areas) in England, with an average population of 1,500 people.

IMD 2025 ranks each of these small areas from 1 (most deprived area) to 33,755 (least deprived area) and is based on 55 separate indicators, organised across seven distinct domains of deprivation which are combined using the following weights:

1. Income, 22.5% - Measures the proportion of the population experiencing deprivation relating to low income
2. Employment, 22.5% - Measures the proportion of the working age population involuntarily excluded from the labour market
3. Health deprivation and disability, 13.5% - Measures the risk of premature death and impairment of life quality through poor physical/mental health
4. Education, skills and training, 13.5% - Measures the lack of attainment and skills in the local population
5. Barriers to housing and services, 9.3% - Measures the physical and financial accessibility of housing and local services
6. Crime, 9.3% - Measures the risk of personal and material victimisation at local level
7. Living environment, 9.3% - Measures the quality of both the ‘indoor’ and ‘outdoor’ local environment

Barking and Dagenham is made up of 115 small areas (Lower-layer Super Output Areas) and is more deprived than 97% of English local authorities.

Visit the Local Deprivation Explorer to:

• find out about deprivation in your postcode/small area
• find out about deprivation in Barking and Dagenham
• access deprivation data
• access the accredited official statistics