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Any two local-authority series plotted against each other: one point per area, using each area’s latest published figure on each axis. Only areas where both series publish a figure are plotted; an area missing from either is left out, never treated as zero.

Correlation is not causation. A pattern here says two things vary together across areas — it cannot say one causes the other. Areas differ in population, age, geography and a thousand other ways no two series capture, and many pairs correlate only because both track a third thing.

Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64 against Deprivation: IMD average score

5.924.743.51.1%5.6%10%Deprivation: IMD average scoreHartlepool: 37.6 / 4.5%Middlesbrough: 40 / 5.2%Redcar and Cleveland: 30.3 / 3.7%Stockton-on-Tees: 25.8 / 3.9%Darlington: 25.7 / 3.6%Halton: 31.1 / 4.3%Warrington: 16.8 / 2.8%Blackburn with Darwen: 36.9 / 5.6%Blackpool: 43.5 / 5.8%Kingston upon Hull, City of: 37.2 / 5.1%East Riding of Yorkshire: 15.8 / 2.3%North East Lincolnshire: 30.2 / 4.3%North Lincolnshire: 23.5 / 3.5%York: 11.8 / 1.8%Derby: 28.2 / 5%Leicester: 34.4 / 5.4%Rutland: 9.9 / 1.9%Nottingham: 33.7 / 6%Herefordshire, County of: 18.8 / 2.6%Telford and Wrekin: 24.4 / 3.9%Stoke-on-Trent: 33.6 / 5.3%Bath and North East Somerset: 12.3 / 1.9%Bristol, City of: 22.5 / 3.6%North Somerset: 15.5 / 2.5%South Gloucestershire: 11.6 / 2%Plymouth: 24.1 / 3.5%Torbay: 26.9 / 3.4%Swindon: 17.6 / 3.4%Peterborough: 27.8 / 5.4%Luton: 29.5 / 6.5%Southend-on-Sea: 24 / 4.2%Thurrock: 21 / 4.3%Medway: 24.4 / 4.2%Bracknell Forest: 10.1 / 2.7%West Berkshire: 11 / 2.4%Reading: 18.6 / 4.3%Slough: 23 / 6%Windsor and Maidenhead: 8.9 / 2.5%Wokingham: 6.1 / 2%Milton Keynes: 18.5 / 4%Brighton and Hove: 20.3 / 4.2%Portsmouth: 26.4 / 4.4%Southampton: 25.6 / 4.2%Isle of Wight: 24.6 / 3.7%County Durham: 28.8 / 3.1%Cheshire East: 14.2 / 2.4%Cheshire West and Chester: 17.7 / 2.6%Shropshire: 17.6 / 2.4%Cornwall: 22.3 / 3%Isles of Scilly: 12.7 / 1.4%Wiltshire: 13.6 / 2.2%Bedford: 19.7 / 4.4%Central Bedfordshire: 13.1 / 2.6%Northumberland: 22 / 2.8%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 17.5 / 3.4%Dorset: 16.3 / 2.3%Buckinghamshire: 11.9 / 3%North Northamptonshire: 18.5 / 3.3%West Northamptonshire: 16.6 / 3.4%Cumberland: 23.8 / 2.5%Westmorland and Furness: 17.8 / 1.8%North Yorkshire: 15.8 / 2%Somerset: 19.1 / 2.6%Cambridge: 11.5 / 2%East Cambridgeshire: 12.2 / 2.1%Fenland: 26.1 / 3.9%Huntingdonshire: 11.8 / 2.3%South Cambridgeshire: 9.3 / 1.9%Amber Valley: 18.6 / 2.6%Bolsover: 25.7 / 2.9%Chesterfield: 25.4 / 3.4%Derbyshire Dales: 13.8 / 1.8%Erewash: 20.7 / 3.3%High Peak: 17.6 / 2.4%North East Derbyshire: 18.7 / 2.4%South Derbyshire: 14.4 / 2.3%East Devon: 14.5 / 2%Exeter: 15.9 / 2.2%Mid Devon: 19 / 2.3%North Devon: 22 / 2.7%South Hams: 15.1 / 2.1%Teignbridge: 17.2 / 2.2%Torridge: 23.9 / 2.7%West Devon: 19.1 / 2.2%Eastbourne: 23.9 / 4.9%Hastings: 37.3 / 5%Lewes: 16.8 / 3.5%Rother: 22.5 / 3.2%Wealden: 12.7 / 2.4%Basildon: 22.6 / 3.8%Braintree: 16.6 / 2.7%Brentwood: 10.9 / 2.5%Castle Point: 17.6 / 2.5%Chelmsford: 13.1 / 2.7%Colchester: 17.3 / 3.1%Epping Forest: 14.1 / 3.2%Harlow: 21.7 / 4.6%Maldon: 16 / 2.6%Rochford: 11.4 / 2.3%Tendring: 32.1 / 4.1%Uttlesford: 10 / 2%Cheltenham: 13 / 2.8%Cotswold: 12.1 / 2.1%Forest of Dean: 19.1 / 2.5%Gloucester: 21.5 / 3.6%Stroud: 12.6 / 2.2%Tewkesbury: 11.5 / 2.4%Basingstoke and Deane: 13 / 2.7%East Hampshire: 9.9 / 2.1%Eastleigh: 11 / 2.3%Fareham: 8.1 / 2%Gosport: 23.5 / 3.6%Hart: 5.9 / 1.8%Havant: 21.5 / 3.3%New Forest: 12.9 / 2.4%Rushmoor: 15.2 / 3%Test Valley: 12.2 / 2%Winchester: 10.2 / 2%Broxbourne: 17.8 / 3.4%Dacorum: 14 / 3.2%Hertsmere: 14.1 / 3.6%North Hertfordshire: 11.3 / 2.4%Three Rivers: 10 / 2.7%Watford: 16.3 / 4.5%Ashford: 19.7 / 3%Canterbury: 19.2 / 3.3%Dartford: 17.4 / 3.3%Dover: 24.9 / 3.3%Gravesham: 23.6 / 4.2%Maidstone: 18.1 / 3.5%Sevenoaks: 14.4 / 2.3%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.2 / 3.8%Swale: 26.7 / 3.5%Thanet: 32 / 5.4%Tonbridge and Malling: 13 / 2.5%Tunbridge Wells: 13.9 / 2.5%Burnley: 38.7 / 5.6%Chorley: 16.4 / 2.5%Fylde: 15.7 / 2.7%Hyndburn: 35.4 / 5.5%Lancaster: 22.4 / 3%Pendle: 35.3 / 5.7%Preston: 28.8 / 4.6%Ribble Valley: 10 / 1.8%Rossendale: 26 / 3.9%South Ribble: 14.1 / 2.5%West Lancashire: 18.3 / 2.7%Wyre: 20.9 / 2.9%Blaby: 10.5 / 2.2%Charnwood: 13.3 / 2.4%Harborough: 9.2 / 1.7%Hinckley and Bosworth: 13.7 / 2.4%Melton: 14.9 / 2.8%North West Leicestershire: 15.3 / 2%Oadby and Wigston: 13.4 / 2.9%Boston: 28.5 / 4.8%East Lindsey: 30.4 / 3.2%Lincoln: 28.9 / 3.8%North Kesteven: 13.2 / 2.1%South Holland: 21 / 3.1%South Kesteven: 15.2 / 2.8%West Lindsey: 21.5 / 3.1%Breckland: 20.4 / 2.6%Broadland: 12.2 / 2%Great Yarmouth: 34.2 / 4.7%King's Lynn and West Norfolk: 24.1 / 3%North Norfolk: 21.1 / 2.7%Norwich: 26.3 / 4.1%South Norfolk: 13.1 / 2.3%Ashfield: 25.6 / 3.8%Bassetlaw: 22.5 / 3.2%Broxtowe: 13.8 / 3%Gedling: 14.5 / 3.2%Mansfield: 26.9 / 3.9%Newark and Sherwood: 19.1 / 2.8%Rushcliffe: 7.8 / 2%Cherwell: 12.6 / 2.3%Oxford: 14.4 / 2.6%South Oxfordshire: 8.5 / 1.9%Vale of White Horse: 9.5 / 2%West Oxfordshire: 10.1 / 1.9%Cannock Chase: 19.9 / 3%East Staffordshire: 19 / 3.3%Lichfield: 12.7 / 2.3%Newcastle-under-Lyme: 19 / 2.9%South Staffordshire: 13.5 / 2.6%Stafford: 13.9 / 2.5%Staffordshire Moorlands: 14.8 / 2.1%Tamworth: 20.2 / 3.2%Babergh: 15.4 / 2.5%Ipswich: 25.5 / 4.5%Mid Suffolk: 14.4 / 2%Elmbridge: 8 / 2.4%Epsom and Ewell: 8 / 2.1%Guildford: 9.5 / 2%Mole Valley: 9.8 / 1.9%Reigate and Banstead: 10.1 / 2.2%Runnymede: 12.4 / 2.5%Spelthorne: 14.9 / 3.5%Surrey Heath: 8 / 2.3%Tandridge: 12.5 / 2.7%Waverley: 8.1 / 1.9%Woking: 11.5 / 2.8%North Warwickshire: 20.1 / 2.9%Nuneaton and Bedworth: 24 / 4.2%Rugby: 14.1 / 2.9%Stratford-on-Avon: 11.8 / 2.2%Warwick: 10.8 / 2.4%Adur: 15 / 3.2%Arun: 19.4 / 3.7%Chichester: 15.6 / 3.2%Crawley: 20.8 / 4.5%Horsham: 9.6 / 1.9%Mid Sussex: 8.7 / 2%Worthing: 15.9 / 3.3%Bromsgrove: 11 / 2.5%Malvern Hills: 16.1 / 2.4%Redditch: 20.3 / 3.8%Worcester: 19.1 / 3.4%Wychavon: 15.8 / 2.5%Wyre Forest: 22.1 / 3.3%St Albans: 8.1 / 2.4%Welwyn Hatfield: 13.9 / 3.2%East Hertfordshire: 9.8 / 2%Stevenage: 18.9 / 3.5%East Suffolk: 20.3 / 2.8%West Suffolk: 16.2 / 2.5%Bolton: 31.4 / 5.2%Bury: 24 / 4.3%Manchester: 38.7 / 6%Oldham: 36.8 / 6.6%Rochdale: 34.3 / 5.9%Salford: 32.3 / 5%Stockport: 18.4 / 3%Tameside: 29.8 / 4.8%Trafford: 15 / 3%Wigan: 25.2 / 3.6%Knowsley: 36.2 / 4.2%Liverpool: 37.1 / 5.5%St. Helens: 29 / 3.7%Sefton: 25.2 / 3.7%Wirral: 27.5 / 3.5%Doncaster: 30.5 / 4.3%Rotherham: 29.8 / 3.6%Newcastle upon Tyne: 28.8 / 4%North Tyneside: 20.9 / 3.3%South Tyneside: 31.1 / 4.7%Sunderland: 32.8 / 3.8%Birmingham: 38.1 / 10%Coventry: 27.5 / 5.8%Dudley: 23.2 / 4.6%Sandwell: 33.8 / 6.7%Solihull: 17 / 3.6%Walsall: 31.7 / 5.9%Wolverhampton: 32.6 / 6.7%Bradford: 36.7 / 6.9%Calderdale: 27.6 / 4.2%Kirklees: 25.8 / 4.7%Leeds: 24.1 / 4.6%Wakefield: 27.2 / 3.8%Gateshead: 28.1 / 4%Barnsley: 30.1 / 3.3%Sheffield: 27.6 / 4.4%City of London: 10.2 / 1.1%Barking and Dagenham: 30.3 / 7.5%Barnet: 19.5 / 5%Bexley: 15.3 / 3.5%Brent: 30 / 7.2%Bromley: 12.7 / 3.5%Camden: 23.7 / 4.6%Croydon: 22.6 / 6.2%Ealing: 25.9 / 6.5%Enfield: 29.9 / 7.2%Greenwich: 23.5 / 5.8%Hackney: 31.8 / 7%Hammersmith and Fulham: 21.2 / 4.8%Haringey: 30.9 / 7.5%Harrow: 17.5 / 4.9%Havering: 16.8 / 4.5%Hillingdon: 20.7 / 4.9%Hounslow: 24.9 / 5%Islington: 26.7 / 5.4%Kensington and Chelsea: 20.3 / 3.5%Kingston upon Thames: 11.1 / 3.2%Lambeth: 23 / 6.2%Lewisham: 25.5 / 6.8%Merton: 14.4 / 4.5%Newham: 31.6 / 7.5%Redbridge: 19.9 / 6%Richmond upon Thames: 9.5 / 2.6%Southwark: 23.3 / 5.6%Sutton: 13.9 / 3.5%Tower Hamlets: 30.6 / 6.7%Waltham Forest: 23.5 / 6.5%Wandsworth: 15.2 / 4%Westminster: 23.9 / 4.1%

Pearson’s r = 0.79 — a strong positive association across the 296 local authorities with a figure in both series.

Horizontal: Deprivation: IMD average score, 2025, published by MHCLG (series page). Vertical: Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64, July 2026, published by ONS (series page). r is Pearson’s product-moment coefficient on the paired values, computed here.

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