Most and least deprived councils in North West (2025)

Blackpool was the most deprived of North West’s 35 councils in 2025 (deprivation score 43.5).

Ribble Valley was the least deprived (10.0). The middle council, Rossendale, had 26.0.

Deprivation score (England) is measured differently in each nation, so Open Index ranks it within North West only.

Map of deprivation score (England) across the UK

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Deprivation score (England) for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Blackpool	43.5
=2	Burnley	38.7
=2	Manchester	38.7
4	Liverpool	37.1
5	Blackburn with Darwen	36.9
6	Oldham	36.8
7	Knowsley	36.2
8	Hyndburn	35.4
9	Pendle	35.3
10	Rochdale	34.3
11	Salford	32.3
12	Bolton	31.4
13	Halton	31.1
14	Tameside	29.8
15	St. Helens	29.0
16	Preston	28.8
17	Wirral	27.5
18	Rossendale	26.0
19	Wigan	25.2
20	Sefton	25.1
21	Bury	24.0
22	Cumberland	23.8
23	Lancaster	22.4
24	Wyre	20.9
25	Stockport	18.4
26	West Lancashire	18.3
27	Westmorland and Furness	17.8
28	Cheshire West and Chester	17.7
29	Warrington	16.8
30	Chorley	16.4
31	Fylde	15.7
32	Trafford	15.0
33	Cheshire East	14.2
34	South Ribble	14.1
35	Ribble Valley	10.0

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