 In the latest Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Palfrey was ranked 4,178 out of 32,482 in England, where 1 was the most deprived and 32,482 the least.This is broken down further by income; employment; education, skills; health; barriers to housing and services; the living environment; and crime (England).In Palfrey along with areas like Pleck and Darlaston South, had more than one in three children affected by deprivation.