# Most and least deprived councils in South East (2025)

Hastings was the most deprived of South East’s 64 councils in 2025 (deprivation score 37.3).

Hart was the least deprived (5.9). The middle council, Sevenoaks, had 14.4.

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

| Rank | Area | Deprivation score (England) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 37.3 |
| 2 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 32.0 |
| 3 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 26.7 |
| 4 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 26.4 |
| 5 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 25.6 |
| 6 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 25.2 |
| 7 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 24.9 |
| 8 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 24.6 |
| 9 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 24.4 |
| 10 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 23.9 |
| 11 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 23.6 |
| 12 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 23.4 |
| 13 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 23.0 |
| 14 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 22.5 |
| 15 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 21.5 |
| 16 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 20.8 |
| 17 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 20.3 |
| 18 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 19.7 |
| 19 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 19.4 |
| 20 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 19.2 |
| 21 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 18.6 |
| 22 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 18.5 |
| 23 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 18.1 |
| 24 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 17.4 |
| 25 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 16.8 |
| 26 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 15.9 |
| 27 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 15.6 |
| 28 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 15.2 |
| 29 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 15.0 |
| 30 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 14.9 |
| =31 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 14.4 |
| =31 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 14.4 |
| 33 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 13.9 |
| =34 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 13.0 |
| =34 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 13.0 |
| 36 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 12.9 |
| 37 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 12.7 |
| 38 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 12.6 |
| 39 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 12.5 |
| 40 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 12.4 |
| 41 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 12.2 |
| 42 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 11.9 |
| 43 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 11.5 |
| =44 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 11.0 |
| =44 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 11.0 |
| 46 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 10.2 |
| =47 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 10.1 |
| =47 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 10.1 |
| =47 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 10.1 |
| 50 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 9.9 |
| 51 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 9.8 |
| 52 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 9.6 |
| =53 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 9.5 |
| =53 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 9.5 |
| 55 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 8.9 |
| 56 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 8.7 |
| 57 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 8.5 |
| =58 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 8.1 |
| =58 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 8.1 |
| =60 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 8.0 |
| =60 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 8.0 |
| =60 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 8.0 |
| 63 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 6.1 |
| 64 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 5.9 |

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG. Covers England. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/england)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/london)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-score-england)

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