The least deprived areas in England
Ranked on the Index of Multiple Deprivation, the government's official measure, which combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and environment. Deciles run from 1 (most deprived tenth of the country) to 10 (least). Each area's figure is the population-weighted average of the neighbourhoods inside it.
HU14 (North Ferriby) tops the list on 10.0/10, with YO41 (York) at number 50 on 9.1/10. 1,932 postcode areas met the thresholds for this ranking.
| # | Area | IMD decile | Avg price | Crime /1k | Schools Good+ | Liveability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HU14 North Ferriby | 10.0/10 | £367,717 | 43.7 | 100.0% | 78/100 |
| 2 | SG16 Henlow | 9.9/10 | £404,173 | 47.2 | 100.0% | 70/100 |
| 3 | HP15 High Wycombe | 9.9/10 | £507,978 | 35.0 | 80.0% | 73/100 |
| 4 | OX20 Woodstock | 9.8/10 | £613,665 | 39.1 | 100.0% | 70/100 |
| 5 | GU52 Fleet | 9.8/10 | £475,496 | 30.5 | 100.0% | 78/100 |
| 6 | GU18 Lightwater | 9.8/10 | £509,664 | 52.3 | — | 66/100 |
| 7 | KT24 Leatherhead | 9.7/10 | £976,348 | 35.8 | 100.0% | 64/100 |
| 8 | KT7 Thames Ditton | 9.7/10 | £799,505 | 45.4 | 100.0% | 70/100 |
| 9 | BH18 Broadstone | 9.7/10 | £496,111 | 33.6 | 100.0% | 69/100 |
| 10 | GU51 Fleet | 9.7/10 | £472,240 | 57.7 | 100.0% | 78/100 |
| 11 | HP8 Chalfont St. Giles | 9.7/10 | £948,463 | 38.4 | — | 67/100 |
| 12 | SL5 Ascot | 9.7/10 | £968,221 | 42.4 | 100.0% | 70/100 |
| 13 | S32 Hope Valley | 9.6/10 | £456,719 | 42.9 | 100.0% | 60/100 |
| 14 | KT21 Ashtead | 9.6/10 | £677,472 | 32.9 | 75.0% | 67/100 |
| 15 | TN13 Sevenoaks | 9.5/10 | £754,099 | 55.5 | 100.0% | 77/100 |
| 16 | AL5 Harpenden | 9.5/10 | £860,421 | 48.9 | 100.0% | 86/100 |
| 17 | GU46 Yateley | 9.5/10 | £435,998 | 46.0 | 83.3% | 76/100 |
| 18 | HP9 Beaconsfield | 9.5/10 | £1,131,303 | 62.0 | 87.5% | 76/100 |
| 19 | HP16 Great Missenden | 9.5/10 | £704,923 | 38.8 | 100.0% | 76/100 |
| 20 | KT17 Epsom | 9.4/10 | £580,150 | 69.9 | 100.0% | 77/100 |
| 21 | GU25 Virginia Water | 9.4/10 | £1,579,597 | 58.3 | — | 60/100 |
| 22 | RG41 Wokingham | 9.4/10 | £514,342 | 41.7 | 100.0% | 85/100 |
| 23 | BH31 Verwood | 9.4/10 | £388,409 | 33.7 | 100.0% | 70/100 |
| 24 | RG10 Reading | 9.4/10 | £679,797 | 41.6 | 100.0% | 72/100 |
| 25 | CB3 Cambridge | 9.3/10 | £864,188 | 48.3 | 100.0% | 63/100 |
| 26 | GL53 Cheltenham | 9.3/10 | £521,255 | — | 100.0% | 75/100 |
| 27 | GU4 Guildford | 9.3/10 | £636,259 | 43.4 | 100.0% | 76/100 |
| 28 | KT10 Esher | 9.3/10 | £1,034,007 | 46.4 | 100.0% | 74/100 |
| 29 | TW1 Twickenham | 9.3/10 | £911,008 | 80.5 | 100.0% | 82/100 |
| 30 | BS41 Bristol | 9.3/10 | £493,473 | 54.1 | 100.0% | 68/100 |
| 31 | SL8 Bourne End | 9.3/10 | £678,446 | 41.7 | 100.0% | 65/100 |
| 32 | CM23 Bishop's Stortford | 9.3/10 | £486,102 | 80.0 | 100.0% | 83/100 |
| 33 | BS32 Bristol | 9.3/10 | £448,826 | 65.6 | 80.0% | 67/100 |
| 34 | BS25 Winscombe | 9.3/10 | £418,586 | 48.7 | 75.0% | 68/100 |
| 35 | RG6 Reading | 9.3/10 | £455,520 | 52.7 | 100.0% | 78/100 |
| 36 | RG8 Reading | 9.2/10 | £722,664 | 37.1 | 90.0% | 74/100 |
| 37 | NG25 Southwell | 9.2/10 | £380,034 | 38.0 | 66.7% | 62/100 |
| 38 | SO53 Eastleigh | 9.2/10 | £420,256 | 37.5 | 100.0% | 83/100 |
| 39 | IP5 Ipswich | 9.2/10 | £321,792 | 43.3 | 80.0% | 73/100 |
| 40 | HP4 Berkhamsted | 9.2/10 | £722,272 | 54.6 | 75.0% | 68/100 |
| 41 | GU26 Hindhead | 9.2/10 | £630,426 | 40.1 | — | 49/100 |
| 42 | SL9 Gerrards Cross | 9.2/10 | £945,559 | 47.8 | 100.0% | 76/100 |
| 43 | CW4 Crewe | 9.2/10 | £385,544 | 29.3 | 100.0% | 71/100 |
| 44 | B93 Solihull | 9.2/10 | £568,039 | 38.2 | 100.0% | 79/100 |
| 45 | GU47 Sandhurst | 9.2/10 | £436,870 | 37.4 | 100.0% | 78/100 |
| 46 | BR4 West Wickham | 9.2/10 | £586,781 | 52.7 | 100.0% | 80/100 |
| 47 | CH60 Wirral | 9.2/10 | £414,239 | 33.9 | 100.0% | 69/100 |
| 48 | SG3 Knebworth | 9.2/10 | £495,087 | 54.5 | 100.0% | 68/100 |
| 49 | KT13 Weybridge | 9.1/10 | £1,017,699 | 66.5 | 100.0% | 72/100 |
| 50 | YO41 York | 9.1/10 | £388,778 | 27.5 | 100.0% | 63/100 |
How this ranking is built
Every figure is calculated from official data by postcode area — the outward code, the part of a postcode before the space. Sold prices are what buyers actually paid, as registered with HM Land Registry. Crime is street-level police data matched to postcode areas through the neighbourhoods inside them. School ratings are current Ofsted grades across 26,824 schools. Population, tenure and household figures come from the 2021 Census.
Areas with too few sales or residents to rank meaningfully are excluded, as are non-residential ones — business parks, airports and single-company campuses have sold prices but nobody lives in them. Where a figure is unknown the area is left out of that ranking rather than counted as zero. The IMD is published for England only, so Welsh areas do not appear in this ranking.