Poverty and deprivation

Indices of Deprivation 2025

The most recent edition of the English Indices of Deprivation was published on 30th October 2025. The indices include the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2025.

Bradford District is the 12th most deprived local authority in England and is ranked 4th most income deprived and 5th most employment deprived.

19.8% of the District's households are in fuel poverty.

40% of children are living below the poverty line.

12% of working age people have no qualifications.

How the indices are calculated

IMD 2025 uses 55 separate indicators, organised across seven distinct domains of deprivation (income, employment, education skills and training, health deprivation and disability, crime, barriers to housing and and services and living environment) which are weighted and combined to calculate the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025.

What this means for Bradford

Bradford District ranks 12th most deprived local authority in England (where 1 is the most deprived local authority and 296 is the least deprived) and 2nd most deprived in the Yorkshire and Humber region (after the City of Kingston upon Hull). When the previous indices were published in 2019, Bradford was ranked 13th most deprived.

115 (37%) of the District's LSOAs fall within the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods and 18 of the District's LSOAs fall within the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods.

Data at ward level will be published at a later date.