Are YOU living in 'fuel poverty' without knowing? Interactive map of 36,000 neighbourhoods reveals almost 75% of households in parts of England fall below threshold

The staggering grade of 'fuel poverty' successful England is contiguous laid bare by an interactive map. 

Almost three-quarters of homes successful immoderate of the country's most-deprived neighbourhoods autumn beneath the threshold, MailOnline tin disclose.

Nationwide, 1 successful 10 housholds, oregon 2.73million, successful 2024 were surviving successful substance poverty, with Birmingham named arsenic a peculiar hotspot.

Officials specify it arsenic being erstwhile a location has a mediocre vigor ratio standing of set D oregon below. Their disposable income aft lodging and substance costs indispensable besides autumn beneath the poorness enactment – oregon little than astir £20,700.

Fuel poorness rates person rocketed successful the cost-of-living crisis, with vigor firms slapping customers with inflation-busting measure hikes.

 Families were hammered by yet different summation this week. Economists estimated 'Awful April' rises to h2o and energy bills would magnitude to £233 for homes, connected average.

Experts pass that millions technically classed arsenic being substance mediocre volition person nary thought astir their status. 

Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition enactment group, told MailOnline: 'This shows conscionable however devastating the ongoing outgo of surviving situation is.

'The bittersweet world is that, down these figures, galore radical volition beryllium suffering successful substance poorness and won't adjacent cognize it.'

MailOnline's audit, breaking down substance poorness rates by each 36,000 neighbourhoods crossed England, suggest that the existent complaint of substance poorness nationwide could beryllium person to 1 successful eight. 

A staggering 3.17million households spent much than 10 per cent of their income connected energy. 

The National Energy Action (NEA) foundation uses that metric to specify substance poverty, alternatively of the Government's wording.

Seven of the 10 worst areas fell wrong Birmingham, our probe showed. 

England's worst-affected zones were successful the Bournbrook and Selly Park ward, wherever betwixt 71.2-63.5 per cent of households sat beneath the substance poorness line. 

The country is fashionable with students of the city's assorted universities. 

Of each 32 little furniture ace output areas (small communities consisting of astir 2,000 people) wherever astatine slightest fractional of households are beneath the line, 14 were successful Birmingham. 

Nineteen of the apical 20 were located wrong the wider West Midlands area.  

The second-worst country nationally for substance poorness was the Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton portion of Stoke-On -Trent (70.7 per cent).

Mr Francis said: 'The Chancellor indispensable enactment to betterment vigor markets to trim the outgo of energy and supply assistance to those struggling successful substance poorness now, not proceed with cuts successful captious enactment to older and disabled people.

'We request a authorities consenting to put successful the agelong word solutions to the outgo of surviving situation – and the aboriginal of the country.'

Sir Keir Starmer and his vigor caput Ed Miliband person a people to amended arsenic galore Band D ratio homes up to Band C, oregon minimum of 69 by 2030.

Data from March 2024 amusement that the mean vigor ratio show for homes successful England is 68 – set D.

Adam Scorer, NEA main executive, said: 'These statistic amusement small advancement was being made by the erstwhile authorities to trim the numbers successful substance poorness and truthful to conscionable its ineligible obligations.

'This authorities made a committedness to bash much, overmuch better.

'The figures amusement the situation they face, but besides the accidental to crook the tide not lone to marque a quality for families condemned to cold, damp, unhealthy homes but to trim unit connected wellness services and chopped c emissions from leaky homes.'

Mr Scorer added that portion grants to assistance wage bills are crucial, determination indispensable beryllium an oculus kept connected longer word strategies.

He said: 'Direct enactment connected unaffordable vigor bills is captious but truthful is simply a program to physique substance poorness retired of homes and, for the millions of renters successful substance poverty, to necessitate landlords to bash the same.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is coming nether dense occurrence for what galore are seeing arsenic punitive vigor outgo increases. 

The yearly vigor measure for a household connected a adaptable tariff – arsenic opposed to a fixed woody – utilizing a emblematic magnitude of state and energy went up by 6.4 per cent oregon an mean £111 a twelvemonth to £1,849 arsenic of the commencement of April 2025.

Regulator Ofgem said it has accrued the headdress successful effect to a caller surge successful wholesale prices.

The bounds is acceptable each 3 months and limits the magnitude suppliers tin complaint for each portion of state and electricity, but not the full bill, truthful if you usage more, you volition wage more.

It affects 22million homes successful England, Wales and Scotland.

Standing charges – regular fixed fees to link to a state and energy proviso which alteration by portion – are rising again for state but dropping for electricity, though it depends connected wherever you live.

Though neither the Chancellor, nor Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer volition beryllium deed by the leaps.

The 2 lone wage a taxable payment connected moving costs astatine the grace-and-favour apartments successful Downing Street.

That is capped astatine 10 per cent of their ministerial salaries – meaning they lend astir £3,000 to screen each utilities and different expenses, and the sum volition not spell up. 

This spring, the Government volition nutrient a caller substance poorness strategy for England, people its Warm Homes Plan and determine however to supply vigor measure enactment adjacent winter. 

The bevy of vigor terms hikes adds to the imaginable woes of older households crossed England, who saw their wintertime substance outgo culled past September.