Bolton local authority · 1 card
How deprived Bolton is overall, with district-level and upper-tier comparisons where both apply.
Bolton has an IMD 2025 score of 31.4 (higher means more deprived). Bolton ranks 30th most deprived of 296 district-level authorities. In the separate upper-tier comparison, it ranks 23rd most deprived of 153. The Index of Multiple Deprivation blends income, employment, education, health, crime, housing and the living environment into one score. It is a composite index, not a rate, and it averages across the whole area — individual neighbourhoods can differ widely.
Sources: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), corrected upper-tier average scores and official ranks. England benchmark via OHID Fingertips. Each card states its reporting period; open its share page for the retrieval date and full provenance.
31.4
IMD 2025 deprivation score (higher = more deprived).
30th most deprived of 296 district-level authorities
Also: 23rd most deprived of 153 upper-tier authorities
England: 21.8
Bolton · 2025 · Persons, All ages
Source: MHCLG · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Population-weighted average of small-area scores.