The Indices of deprivation 2010 (ID 2010) is a Deprivation index at the small area level, created by the British Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Communities and Local Government

The Department for Communities and Local Government is the UK Government department for communities and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001...

 (DCLG) and released on March 24, 2011. It follows the ID2007

Indices of deprivation 2007

The Indices of deprivation 2007 is a Deprivation index at the small area level, created by the British Department for Communities and Local Government and released on June 12, 2007...

 and because much of the datasets are the same or similar between indices allows a comparison of 'relative deprivation' of an area between the two indices.

Whilst it is known as the ID2010, most of the data actually dates from 2008.

Key results

• over 5 million people lived in the most deprived areas in England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   in 2008 and 38 per cent of them were income deprived.
• Liverpool
  Liverpool
  Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
  
  , Middlesbrough
  Middlesbrough
  Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
  
  , Manchester
  Manchester
  Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
  
  , Knowsley
  Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
  The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres...
  
  , the City of Kingston upon Hull
  Kingston upon Hull
  Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
  
  , Hackney
  Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
  The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. Its area became part of the London Borough of Hackney.-Formation and boundaries:...
  
   and Tower Hamlets
  London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It is in the eastern part of London and covers much of the traditional East End. It also includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks...
  
   are the local authorities with the highest proportion of Lower layer Super Output Areas amongst the most deprived in England.
• 98 per cent of the most deprived Lower layer Super Output Areas are in urban areas but there are also pockets of deprivation across rural areas
• 56 per cent of Local Authorities contain at least one Lower layer Super Output Areas amongst the 10 per cent most deprived in England
• 88 per cent of the Lower layer Super Output Areas that are the most deprived in 2010 were also amongst the most deprived in 2007.

According to the research, the most deprived area in the country is in the town of Jaywick

Jaywick

Jaywick is a small seaside village near Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex on the North Sea coast of England. It was originally intended as a holiday resort for Londoners. Many of the houses were poorly constructed and were only intended for short-term holiday use. As time has passed, more and more people...

on the Essex coast.