Child Poverty in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Child Poverty
Creator: Department for Work and Pensions
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

19.8% of children in England live in relative low-income families, before housing costs (2025).

All 296 local authorities in England, ranked by children in low-income families. Data: Department for Work and Pensions (2022 to 2025), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Children in low-income families
1	Pendle	40.6%
2	Birmingham	39.5%
3	Bradford	39.3%
4	Oldham	38.2%
5	Burnley	37.2%
6	Hyndburn	37.0%
7	Blackburn with Darwen	36.2%
8	Sandwell	35.5%
9	Manchester	35.5%
10	Stoke-on-Trent	35.0%
11	Leicester	34.5%
12	Middlesbrough	34.4%
13	Nottingham	33.7%
14	Bolton	33.2%
15	Kingston upon Hull	33.2%
16	Wolverhampton	32.9%
17	Walsall	32.8%
18	Rochdale	32.0%
19	Luton	31.7%
20	Doncaster	31.0%
21	North East Lincolnshire	30.8%
22	Blackpool	30.5%
23	Kirklees	30.3%
24	Great Yarmouth	29.9%
25	Liverpool	29.6%
26	Sheffield	28.5%
27	Barnsley	28.2%
28	Dudley	28.0%
29	Derby	27.9%
30	East Lindsey	27.8%
31	Peterborough	27.6%
32	Boston	27.5%
33	Rotherham	27.3%
34	Hartlepool	27.2%
35	Calderdale	27.1%
36	Tameside	27.0%
37	Preston	27.0%
38	Lincoln	26.8%
39	Tower Hamlets	26.7%
40	Newcastle upon Tyne	26.7%
41	South Tyneside	26.5%
42	Redcar and Cleveland	26.2%
43	County Durham	26.0%
44	Norwich	25.9%
45	Sunderland	25.7%
46	Ashfield	25.6%
47	North Lincolnshire	25.5%
48	Coventry	25.5%
49	Bury	25.5%
50	Ipswich	25.4%
51	Salford	25.4%
52	Leeds	25.0%
53	Bolsover	24.9%
54	Telford and Wrekin	24.8%
55	Darlington	24.8%
56	Knowsley	24.5%
57	Hastings	24.4%
58	Mansfield	24.3%
59	Rossendale	24.1%
60	Bassetlaw	24.1%
61	Gateshead	24.0%
62	Fenland	23.9%
63	East Staffordshire	23.8%
64	Isle of Wight	23.5%
65	Cannock Chase	23.3%
66	Halton	23.0%
67	Wakefield	23.0%
68	Newham	23.0%
69	Barking and Dagenham	23.0%
70	Torridge	22.9%
71	Wyre Forest	22.8%
72	Thanet	22.6%
73	Chesterfield	22.3%
74	Stockton-on-Tees	22.3%
75	North Norfolk	22.2%
76	South Holland	22.2%
77	Redditch	21.9%
78	Southampton	21.8%
79	Lancaster	21.7%
80	Tendring	21.6%
81	St. Helens	21.5%
82	Wigan	21.4%
83	Cornwall	21.4%
84	Hackney	21.2%
85	Northumberland	21.1%
86	Newcastle-under-Lyme	21.0%
87	Torbay	21.0%
88	Newark and Sherwood	20.9%
89	Worcester	20.7%
90	Portsmouth	20.7%
91	Plymouth	20.7%
92	Dover	20.4%
93	West Lancashire	20.2%
94	West Lindsey	20.2%
95	Tamworth	20.1%
96	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	20.1%
97	Wirral	20.0%
98	East Suffolk	19.9%
99	Nuneaton and Bedworth	19.9%
100	Herefordshire	19.8%
101	Sefton	19.8%
102	North Devon	19.7%
103	Bristol	19.7%
104	Breckland	19.5%
105	Islington	19.4%
106	Eastbourne	19.3%
107	Slough	19.3%
108	North Tyneside	19.2%
109	Cumberland	19.1%
110	Forest of Dean	19.1%
111	Gloucester	19.0%
112	Amber Valley	19.0%
113	North Northamptonshire	18.9%
114	North Warwickshire	18.8%
115	Shropshire	18.8%
116	North East Derbyshire	18.8%
117	Crawley	18.8%
118	Folkestone and Hythe	18.7%
119	Havant	18.7%
120	Wyre	18.7%
121	Brent	18.5%
122	Thurrock	18.4%
123	Southwark	18.4%
124	Gravesham	18.4%
125	Basildon	18.4%
126	Erewash	18.4%
127	West Devon	18.3%
128	Waltham Forest	18.2%
129	Gosport	18.2%
130	Harlow	18.1%
131	East Riding of Yorkshire	18.0%
132	Rother	17.8%
133	Bedford	17.8%
134	Southend-on-Sea	17.7%
135	South Kesteven	17.7%
136	Fylde	17.7%
137	Swale	17.6%
138	Medway	17.4%
139	Melton	17.4%
140	Somerset	17.3%
141	Greenwich	17.2%
142	Stevenage	17.1%
143	South Ribble	17.0%
144	Lambeth	17.0%
145	South Staffordshire	16.8%
146	West Northamptonshire	16.8%
147	Charnwood	16.7%
148	Staffordshire Moorlands	16.7%
149	Oadby and Wigston	16.7%
150	Redbridge	16.6%
151	Haringey	16.5%
152	Broxtowe	16.5%
153	Teignbridge	16.5%
154	Gedling	16.5%
155	Hounslow	16.5%
156	Croydon	16.4%
157	Camden	16.4%
158	Arun	16.2%
159	Stafford	16.1%
160	Mid Devon	16.0%
161	Babergh	16.0%
162	Swindon	16.0%
163	Hinckley and Bosworth	16.0%
164	Wychavon	15.9%
165	Exeter	15.9%
166	Chorley	15.8%
167	Westmorland and Furness	15.7%
168	Ealing	15.7%
169	Malvern Hills	15.6%
170	Lewisham	15.5%
171	High Peak	15.5%
172	Dorset	15.5%
173	North West Leicestershire	15.5%
174	Stockport	15.5%
175	Canterbury	15.4%
176	North Kesteven	15.3%
177	Castle Point	15.3%
178	Milton Keynes	15.3%
179	Solihull	15.2%
180	Enfield	15.2%
181	Warrington	15.1%
182	Cheshire West and Chester	15.1%
183	Hillingdon	15.1%
184	South Derbyshire	15.0%
185	Reading	14.9%
186	Ashford	14.8%
187	Braintree	14.7%
188	North Yorkshire	14.7%
189	East Devon	14.5%
190	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	14.5%
191	South Hams	14.5%
192	Cheltenham	14.4%
193	Maidstone	14.4%
194	Colchester	14.3%
195	Blaby	14.3%
196	Derbyshire Dales	14.2%
197	Oxford	14.2%
198	Harrow	14.0%
199	Lichfield	13.9%
200	York	13.9%
201	Brighton and Hove	13.8%
202	Worthing	13.6%
203	Maldon	13.6%
204	Adur	13.6%
205	Watford	13.6%
206	Chichester	13.3%
207	Rugby	13.3%
208	West Suffolk	13.3%
209	Dartford	13.2%
210	Mid Suffolk	13.2%
211	Havering	13.2%
212	Wiltshire	13.1%
213	Tewkesbury	13.1%
214	Cheshire East	13.0%
215	Hammersmith and Fulham	12.9%
216	Broxbourne	12.9%
217	Stroud	12.9%
218	Westminster	12.7%
219	Lewes	12.7%
220	South Norfolk	12.7%
221	Wandsworth	12.6%
222	New Forest	12.6%
223	Broadland	12.5%
224	Wealden	12.4%
225	Ribble Valley	12.3%
226	North Somerset	12.3%
227	Trafford	12.3%
228	Welwyn Hatfield	12.1%
229	Rushmoor	12.0%
230	Huntingdonshire	11.8%
231	Epping Forest	11.7%
232	Central Bedfordshire	11.7%
233	Cherwell	11.7%
234	Cambridge	11.6%
235	Stratford-on-Avon	11.6%
236	Merton	11.6%
237	Bromsgrove	11.5%
238	Rutland	11.5%
239	Bexley	11.4%
240	Dacorum	11.3%
241	Barnet	11.2%
242	Spelthorne	11.2%
243	South Gloucestershire	11.2%
244	Woking	11.0%
245	East Cambridgeshire	11.0%
246	Buckinghamshire	11.0%
247	Cotswold	10.9%
248	Hertsmere	10.7%
249	Rochford	10.6%
250	North Hertfordshire	10.6%
251	Chelmsford	10.5%
252	Runnymede	10.5%
253	Tonbridge and Malling	10.4%
254	Harborough	10.4%
255	Eastleigh	10.4%
256	Sutton	10.4%
257	Bath and North East Somerset	10.2%
258	Basingstoke and Deane	10.1%
259	Test Valley	10.1%
260	Sevenoaks	10.1%
261	East Hampshire	10.0%
262	Tunbridge Wells	10.0%
263	Fareham	9.7%
264	Warwick	9.6%
265	Tandridge	9.6%
266	West Berkshire	9.6%
267	Brentwood	9.5%
268	Vale of White Horse	9.4%
269	Winchester	8.9%
270	Isles of Scilly	8.9%
271	West Oxfordshire	8.8%
272	Horsham	8.7%
273	Three Rivers	8.7%
274	South Cambridgeshire	8.6%
275	Bracknell Forest	8.5%
276	Uttlesford	8.5%
277	Reigate and Banstead	8.4%
278	Rushcliffe	8.3%
279	Surrey Heath	8.3%
280	Bromley	8.2%
281	Guildford	8.1%
282	Mole Valley	8.1%
283	Kingston upon Thames	8.0%
284	Kensington and Chelsea	8.0%
285	Windsor and Maidenhead	7.7%
286	East Hertfordshire	7.6%
287	South Oxfordshire	7.5%
288	Mid Sussex	7.5%
289	St Albans	7.3%
290	City of London	6.9%
291	Hart	6.8%
292	Epsom and Ewell	6.6%
293	Wokingham	6.4%
294	Waverley	6.4%
295	Elmbridge	5.6%
296	Richmond upon Thames	5.2%