ID 2007 Local Concentration: Deprivation Scores for English Local Authorities

2007 Local Concentration Scores measure the intensity of deprivation within English local authority districts. The dataset contains population-weighted averages of the ranks of the most deprived small areas containing 10% of each district's population. It was produced by the UK's Communities and Local Government department and published by Neighbourhood Statistics.

Use Cases

• Rank local authorities by deprivation intensity based on the local concentration score.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of concentrated deprivation across England.
• Correlate local concentration scores with other socioeconomic indicators for policy impact assessment.
• Identify areas with the most severe pockets of deprivation for targeted resource allocation.

Strengths

• Scores are derived from official administrative data from the UK government.
• Data has a specific geographic and temporal coverage: England, 2007.
• The calculation method is explicitly described as a population-weighted average of small area ranks.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from 2007 and may not reflect current conditions; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Communities and Local Government (CLG): ID 2007

Collection Method

Administrative data with statistical transformations applied.

Time Range

2007

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:43.782389; freshness should be verified

Geography

England (Local Authority District, County/Unitary Authority)