Shaftesbury: Deprivation

Deprivation

A civil parish in Dorset — Shaftesbury, E04003434. Every figure below describes that area, except where it is labelled as a comparison, or as a figure for a neighbourhood or a wider area.

Shaftesbury covers five neighbourhoods, all of them wholly. None of the five neighbourhoods is in the most deprived 10% in England; three are in the more deprived half. A rank describes a neighbourhood, not a rank for the parish.

Shaftesbury covers five neighbourhoods

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Rank 1 is the most deprived neighbourhood in England.

Around ShaftesburyArea code: E01020454Overall rank: 13,284More deprived than: 61%Income rank: 14,217Employment rank: 11,656Education, Skills and Training rank: 7,749Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 13,103Crime rank: 14,638Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 20,731Living Environment rank: 13,148Period: 2025

Around Allen RoadArea code: E01034374Overall rank: 16,084More deprived than: 52%Income rank: 10,472Employment rank: 15,251Education, Skills and Training rank: 12,996Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 25,319Crime rank: 17,485Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 7,240Living Environment rank: 33,675Period: 2025

Around Sweetmans RoadArea code: E01020456Overall rank: 16,454More deprived than: 51%Income rank: 15,387Employment rank: 13,311Education, Skills and Training rank: 11,382Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 13,945Crime rank: 18,560Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 14,916Living Environment rank: 30,164Period: 2025

Around St JamesArea code: E01020457Overall rank: 26,844More deprived than: 20%Income rank: 30,015Employment rank: 27,938Education, Skills and Training rank: 22,397Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 26,011Crime rank: 29,618Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 14,951Living Environment rank: 8,388Period: 2025

Around Linden ParkArea code: E01034375Overall rank: 27,398More deprived than: 19%Income rank: 26,827Employment rank: 23,933Education, Skills and Training rank: 16,930Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 25,893Crime rank: 24,939Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 17,350Living Environment rank: 31,097Period: 2025

On Crime, one of the five neighbourhoods is in the more deprived half of England: Around Shaftesbury (rank 14,638).

Names beginning “Around” are generated descriptions. Locality names use OS map display priority, then estimated resident totals assigned to the nearest locality from each output area’s representative point. Road names use road length weighted by output-area resident density. These estimates do not locate individual residents or establish recognised neighbourhood names.

Source Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Indices of Deprivation 2025Period 2025Area Lower Layer Super Output Area

IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used.

Sources, notes and figures

Source English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)

A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England on this domain. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)

Neighbourhood ranks, Indices of Deprivation 2025
Neighbourhood	Area code	Overall rank	More deprived than	Income rank	Employment rank	Education, Skills and Training rank	Health Deprivation and Disability rank	Crime rank	Barriers to Housing and Services rank	Living Environment rank
Around Shaftesbury, wholly in Shaftesbury	E01020454	13,284	61%	14,217	11,656	7,749	13,103	14,638	20,731	13,148
Around Allen Road, wholly in Shaftesbury	E01034374	16,084	52%	10,472	15,251	12,996	25,319	17,485	7,240	33,675
Around Sweetmans Road, wholly in Shaftesbury	E01020456	16,454	51%	15,387	13,311	11,382	13,945	18,560	14,916	30,164
Around St James, wholly in Shaftesbury	E01020457	26,844	20%	30,015	27,938	22,397	26,011	29,618	14,951	8,388
Around Linden Park, wholly in Shaftesbury	E01034375	27,398	19%	26,827	23,933	16,930	25,893	24,939	17,350	31,097

The percentage compares a rank with England's 33,755 neighbourhoods. Rounded shares never read as all or none unless they are.

Other figures in this view

Source Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Indices of Deprivation 2025Period 2025Area Shaftesbury civil parish

IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used.

Sources, notes and figures

Source English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Shaftesbury civil parish: measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level and summed to this area.

Other figures for Shaftesbury
Measure	Figure	Period
LSOAs in the most deprived 10% nationally	0	2025
LSOAs in the most deprived 20% nationally	0	2025

Neighbourhood deprivation table

Deprivation, by neighbourhood

The Indices of Deprivation are published for Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which ONS designs to hold between 1,000 and 3,000 people. 5 of them cover Shaftesbury, and Shaftesbury holds each of them outright. These describe parts of Shaftesbury rather than somewhere wider.

There is no single figure for Shaftesbury, and there cannot be. A rank says where one neighbourhood sits among those ranked in England. Ranks cannot be added or averaged into a rank for the place. Each neighbourhood is shown as published.

Indices of Deprivation ranks for each Lower Layer Super Output Area that covers part of Shaftesbury. Each describes one neighbourhood, and they cannot be combined into a figure for Shaftesbury.
Measure	Period	Around ShaftesburyE01020454	Around Sweetmans RoadE01020456	Around St JamesE01020457	Around Allen RoadE01034374	Around Linden ParkE01034375
Barriers to Housing and Services rank	2025	20,731	14,916	14,951	7,240	17,350
Crime rank	2025	14,638	18,560	29,618	17,485	24,939
Education, Skills and Training rank	2025	7,749	11,382	22,397	12,996	16,930
Employment rank	2025	11,656	13,311	27,938	15,251	23,933
Health Deprivation and Disability rank	2025	13,103	13,945	26,011	25,319	25,893
Income rank	2025	14,217	15,387	30,015	10,472	26,827
Index of Multiple Deprivation rank	2025	13,284	16,454	26,844	16,084	27,398
Living Environment rank	2025	13,148	30,164	8,388	33,675	31,097

A rank of 1 is the most deprived neighbourhood in England and 33,755 the least. Ezra publishes the position and draws no conclusion from it.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

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Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licence terms Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 Licence terms Source: Office for National Statistics Licence terms Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, 2022 and 2024. Licence terms Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 Licence terms · All sources

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)