The 10 Birmingham neighbourhoods facing the sharpest decline as city named UK's second most deprived

Birmingham is the second most deprived local authority in the UK, according to new government data.

According to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), 43% of neighbourhoods in Birmingham of neighbourhoods in Birmingham are highly deprived.

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The most deprived neighbourhood in England according to the IMD25 is to the east of the Jaywick & St Osyth area of Clacton-on-Sea in Tendring (Tendring 018a). Seven neighbourhoods in Blackpool also rank amongst the top 10 most deprived in England according to the IMD25.

Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Hartlepool, Kingston upon Hull and Manchester are the Local Authority Districts with the highest proportions of neighbourhoods among the most deprived in England.

Here are Birmingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods, based on the data: