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

Torbay was the most deprived of South West’s 27 councils in 2025 (deprivation score 26.9).

Tewkesbury was the least deprived (11.5). The middle council, Teignbridge, had 17.2.

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

| Rank | Area | Deprivation score (England) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 26.9 |
| 2 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 24.1 |
| 3 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 23.9 |
| 4 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 22.5 |
| 5 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 22.3 |
| 6 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 22.0 |
| 7 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 21.5 |
| =8 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 19.1 |
| =8 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 19.1 |
| =8 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 19.1 |
| 11 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 19.0 |
| 12 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 17.6 |
| 13 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 17.5 |
| 14 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 17.2 |
| 15 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 16.3 |
| 16 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 15.9 |
| 17 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 15.5 |
| 18 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 15.1 |
| 19 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 14.5 |
| 20 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 13.6 |
| 21 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 13.0 |
| 22 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | 12.7 |
| 23 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 12.6 |
| 24 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 12.3 |
| 25 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 12.1 |
| 26 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 11.6 |
| 27 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 11.5 |

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 East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/deprivation-score-england/south-east)

- [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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