Most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods: share by council in West Midlands (2025)
Birmingham was the most deprived of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2025 (share of neighbourhoods in England's most deprived 10%: 42.8%).
7 councils were the joint least deprived (0.0%). The middle council, East Staffordshire, had 5.6%.
Share of neighbourhoods in England's most deprived 10% is measured differently in each nation, so Open Index ranks it within West Midlands only.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 42.8% |
| 2 | Stoke-on-Trent | 28.8% |
| 3 | Walsall | 24.9% |
| 4 | Wolverhampton | 21.7% |
| 5 | Coventry | 17.7% |
| 6 | Sandwell | 16.3% |
| 7 | Solihull | 13.4% |
| 8 | Telford and Wrekin | 13.0% |
| 9 | Worcester | 12.5% |
| 10 | Tamworth | 11.8% |
| 11 | Dudley | 10.8% |
| 12 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 8.3% |
| 13 | Wyre Forest | 7.5% |
| 14 | Redditch | 7.0% |
| 15 | East Staffordshire | 5.6% |
| 16 | Cannock Chase | 3.3% |
| 17 | North Warwickshire | 2.6% |
| 18 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 2.5% |
| 19 | Malvern Hills | 2.2% |
| 20 | Stafford | 1.2% |
| 21 | Warwick | 1.1% |
| 22 | Shropshire | 1.0% |
| 23 | Herefordshire | 0.8% |
| =24 | Bromsgrove | 0.0% |
| =24 | Lichfield | 0.0% |
| =24 | Rugby | 0.0% |
| =24 | South Staffordshire | 0.0% |
| =24 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 0.0% |
| =24 | Stratford-on-Avon | 0.0% |
| =24 | Wychavon | 0.0% |