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Area intelligence
MHCLG Index of Multiple Deprivation data for postcodes in England. 10 domains, national rankings, and decile scores: giving you a socioeconomic profile of an area via a single API call.
Deprivation lookup 1 token · 100 tokens = £1 · same API key as every other endpoint
Area deprivation profile. All 10 IMD domains in a single response. Deciles 1–10 where 10 = least deprived nationally.
What's included
What you get back
Overall IMD
Overall Index of Multiple Deprivation rank and decile for the postcode's LSOA. National ranking out of 32,844 areas.
GET /deprivation/
Income & employment
Proportion of the local population in income or employment hardship. Key indicators for affordability and economic health.
income_rank, employment_rank
Education & skills
Educational attainment and adult skills deprivation. Important for family buyers and school catchment analysis.
education_rank
Health & disability
Health deprivation and disability domain: premature death rates, illness, and disability prevalence in the area.
health_rank
Crime
Crime domain from the IMD: rates of violence, burglary, theft, and criminal damage relative to the national average.
crime_rank
Housing & environment
Barriers to housing and services (affordability, access) plus living environment deprivation (air quality, road safety).
housing_rank, environment_rank
The API
API response
Pass a postcode or UPRN. Get back all 10 IMD domain scores, ranks, and deciles in a single response.
Deprivation1 token
Query by postcode or UPRN. Returns all 10 IMD domain scores in a single call. Cached per LSOA.
{
"postcode": "BS81TH",
"lsoa_code": "E01014649",
"lsoa_name": "Bristol 032B",
"imd_rank": 28412,
"imd_decile": 9,
"income_rank": 29103,
"income_decile": 9,
"employment_rank": 28891,
"employment_decile": 9,
"education_rank": 31204,
"education_decile": 10,
"health_rank": 26847,
"health_decile": 8,
"crime_rank": 22901,
"crime_decile": 7,
"housing_rank": 19823,
"housing_decile": 6,
"environment_rank": 9124,
"environment_decile": 3
}
curl "https://api.homedata.co.uk/deprivation/?postcode=BS81TH" \ -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_KEY"
Built for
Who uses it
Property reports
Enrich property reports with neighbourhood context: how does this area compare nationally across income, crime, and environment?
Investment screening
Find undervalued areas with low deprivation scores but improving trends. Identify regeneration opportunities before the market does.
ESG & social value
Measure and report on social impact of property portfolios. Flag holdings in the most deprived 10% of areas for targeted intervention.
Data sources
Where it comes from
This dataset is part of the UK property data platform: 29 million UK properties covered.
- MHCLG Index of Multiple Deprivation 201910 deprivation domains at LSOA level for England. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- OfstedSchool inspection ratings and academy status for England.
- ONS Census 2021Demographics by LSOA: tenure, age, occupation, household size.
All eight data groups
Profile any postcode.
Pay as you go, 100 tokens = £1, no subscription needed.