Indices of Deprivation 2025: Key findings and constituency rankings

The Indices of Deprivation 2025 have been published, providing detailed insights into relative deprivation across neighbourhoods in England.  Commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the indices were produced by the Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) and Deprivation.org. Their purpose is to quantify and measure the varying degrees of relative deprivation in small geographical […]

Anticipating IMD 2025: Key insights from the deprivation index

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that the next iteration of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for England is set for release on the 30th of October of this year.  This highly anticipated statistical release follows a competitive tender process, with Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) co-leading the project once again. Launched in the early 2000s, […]

Working with deprivation data

Deprivation is often associated with a wide range of health and social issues within the communities it impacts. Whether it’s the increased incidence of certain medical conditions, or higher crime and anti-social behaviour rates, understanding how issues interact with and are caused by deprivation is an important component in developing policy led solutions. For this […]