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.