Deprivation score (England): every council in East of England
Great Yarmouth had the most deprived deprivation score (England) of East of England’s 45 councils in 2025, at 34.2.
St Albans had the least deprived, at 8.1. The middle council, West Suffolk, had 16.2.
Deprivation score (England) is measured differently in each nation, so Open Index ranks it within East of England only.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Yarmouth | 34.2 |
| 2 | Tendring | 32.1 |
| 3 | Luton | 29.5 |
| 4 | Peterborough | 27.8 |
| 5 | Norwich | 26.3 |
| 6 | Fenland | 26.1 |
| 7 | Ipswich | 25.5 |
| 8 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 24.1 |
| 9 | Southend-on-Sea | 24.0 |
| 10 | Basildon | 22.6 |
| 11 | Harlow | 21.7 |
| 12 | North Norfolk | 21.1 |
| 13 | Thurrock | 21.0 |
| 14 | Breckland | 20.4 |
| 15 | East Suffolk | 20.3 |
| 16 | Bedford | 19.7 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 18.9 |
| 18 | Broxbourne | 17.8 |
| 19 | Castle Point | 17.6 |
| 20 | Colchester | 17.3 |
| 21 | Braintree | 16.6 |
| 22 | Watford | 16.3 |
| 23 | West Suffolk | 16.2 |
| 24 | Maldon | 16.0 |
| 25 | Babergh | 15.4 |
| 26 | Mid Suffolk | 14.4 |
| =27 | Epping Forest | 14.1 |
| =27 | Hertsmere | 14.1 |
| 29 | Dacorum | 14.0 |
| 30 | Welwyn Hatfield | 13.9 |
| =31 | Central Bedfordshire | 13.1 |
| =31 | Chelmsford | 13.1 |
| =31 | South Norfolk | 13.1 |
| =34 | Broadland | 12.2 |
| =34 | East Cambridgeshire | 12.2 |
| 36 | Huntingdonshire | 11.8 |
| 37 | Cambridge | 11.5 |
| 38 | Rochford | 11.4 |
| 39 | North Hertfordshire | 11.3 |
| 40 | Brentwood | 10.9 |
| =41 | Three Rivers | 10.0 |
| =41 | Uttlesford | 10.0 |
| 43 | East Hertfordshire | 9.8 |
| 44 | South Cambridgeshire | 9.3 |
| 45 | St Albans | 8.1 |