Report

Uneven cities

Think tank: Centre for Cities

Author(s): Neela Parker Talwar; Anthony Breach

May 21, 2026

This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities explores the geography of deprivation in urban Britain.

Two-thirds of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK are in cities, even though cities and non-urban areas each account for roughly half of all neighbourhoods.

Affluent neighbourhoods, by contrast, are split evenly between urban and non-urban areas.