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

Birmingham was the most deprived of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2025 (deprivation score 38.1).

Warwick was the least deprived (10.8). The middle council, Worcester, had 19.1.

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

| Rank | Area | Deprivation score (England) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 38.1 |
| 2 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 33.8 |
| 3 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 33.6 |
| 4 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 32.6 |
| 5 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 31.7 |
| 6 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 27.5 |
| 7 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 24.4 |
| 8 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 24.0 |
| 9 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 23.2 |
| 10 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | 22.1 |
| 11 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 20.3 |
| 12 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 20.2 |
| 13 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 20.1 |
| 14 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 19.9 |
| 15 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 19.1 |
| =16 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 19.0 |
| =16 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 19.0 |
| 18 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 18.8 |
| 19 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 17.6 |
| 20 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 17.0 |
| 21 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 16.1 |
| 22 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 15.8 |
| 23 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 14.8 |
| 24 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 14.1 |
| 25 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 13.9 |
| 26 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 13.5 |
| 27 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 12.7 |
| 28 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 11.8 |
| 29 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 11.0 |
| 30 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 10.8 |

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)
- [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)
- [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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