{"metric":"imd_average_score","title":"Deprivation: IMD average score","topic":"economy","unit":"score","measure_type":"index","geography":"E92000001","comparison_method":"previous_period","source":{"publisher":"MHCLG","publication":"English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025"},"definition":"The population-weighted average of the Index of Multiple Deprivation scores of the district's small areas (LSOAs), from the IoD2025 local authority district summaries. A higher score means the district's small areas are, on average, more deprived relative to the rest of England.","does_not_measure":"Deprivation of any individual person or household, change over time (scores are not comparable between index editions), or anywhere outside England: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland run their own indices, which are not comparable with England's.","links":{"page":"/economy/imd-average-score","series":"/api/metrics/imd_average_score/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/imd_average_score/vintages"}}