ONS · 415 periods · 361 of 361 areas in the latest

How far apart are local authorities on claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64?

The distribution of claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64 across councils in every period held, from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The gap is a description of dispersion, not a verdict on it.

The gap between the 90th and 10th percentile of local authorities on claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64 decreased from 5.5% in January 1992 to 3.4% in July 2026. Relative to the average, the spread (coefficient of variation) increased from 34.2% to 38.7%.

Periodp10p25Medianp75p90p90 − p10p90 ÷ p10CVAreas
July 20262%2.5%3.1%4.1%5.4%3.4%2.7038.7%361
June 20262%2.4%3.1%4%5.3%3.3%2.6539.0%361
May 20262%2.4%3.1%4%5.3%3.3%2.6539.0%361
April 20262.1%2.4%3.1%4%5.3%3.2%2.5238.3%361
March 20262.1%2.5%3.1%4.1%5.3%3.2%2.5238.0%361
February 20262.1%2.4%3.1%4.1%5.3%3.2%2.5237.9%361
January 20262%2.4%3%4%5.2%3.2%2.6038.4%361
December 20252%2.3%3%3.9%5.1%3.1%2.5539.5%361
November 20252%2.3%3%4%5.2%3.2%2.6039.7%361
October 20252%2.3%3%4%5.2%3.2%2.6040.2%361
September 20252%2.3%3%4%5.3%3.3%2.6540.4%361
August 20252%2.3%3%4%5.3%3.3%2.6540.6%361
July 20252%2.3%3%4%5.4%3.4%2.7041.1%361
June 20252%2.4%3.1%4%5.5%3.5%2.7541.6%361
May 20252%2.4%3.1%4%5.5%3.5%2.7541.1%361
April 20252%2.4%3.1%4.1%5.5%3.5%2.7540.6%361
March 20252.1%2.4%3.2%4.2%5.6%3.5%2.6740.1%361
February 20252.1%2.5%3.2%4.2%5.7%3.6%2.7139.7%361
January 20252%2.4%3.1%4.2%5.5%3.5%2.7540.2%361
December 20242%2.4%3.1%4.1%5.6%3.6%2.8040.9%361
November 20242%2.4%3.2%4.1%5.6%3.6%2.8040.8%361
October 20242.1%2.5%3.2%4.2%5.8%3.7%2.7640.8%361
September 20242.1%2.5%3.3%4.3%5.8%3.7%2.7640.0%361
August 20242.1%2.5%3.3%4.3%5.8%3.7%2.7639.8%361
July 20242.1%2.5%3.3%4.3%5.7%3.6%2.7140.2%361
June 20241.9%2.3%3%4%5.3%3.4%2.7939.5%361
May 20241.9%2.3%3%3.9%5.2%3.3%2.7439.0%361
April 20241.9%2.3%3%3.9%5.1%3.2%2.6838.5%361
March 20242%2.3%3%4%5.2%3.2%2.6037.9%361
February 20241.9%2.3%3%4%5.1%3.2%2.6837.3%361
January 20241.9%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.1%2.6337.7%361
December 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.2%2.7837.8%361
November 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.2%2.7838.1%361
October 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.2%2.7838.6%361
September 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.2%2.7838.9%361
August 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.2%2.7838.9%361
July 20231.8%2.2%3%3.9%5.1%3.3%2.8338.9%361
June 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.2%2.7838.7%361
May 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.9%5%3.2%2.7838.5%361
April 20231.9%2.3%3.1%4%5.1%3.2%2.6838.2%361
March 20231.9%2.3%3.1%4%5%3.1%2.6337.8%361
February 20231.9%2.2%3%3.9%4.9%3%2.5837.2%361
January 20231.8%2.2%2.9%3.8%4.8%3%2.6737.3%361
December 20221.9%2.2%2.9%3.9%4.9%3%2.5837.7%361
November 20221.9%2.2%2.9%3.9%4.9%3%2.5837.7%361
October 20221.9%2.2%2.9%3.9%4.9%3%2.5837.8%361
September 20221.9%2.3%2.9%3.9%4.9%3%2.5837.7%361
August 20221.9%2.3%2.9%4%4.9%3%2.5837.8%361
July 20221.9%2.3%2.9%4%5%3.1%2.6338.0%361
June 20221.9%2.3%3%4%5%3.1%2.6338.3%361
May 20221.9%2.4%3.1%4.1%5.1%3.2%2.6838.4%361
April 20222%2.5%3.2%4.2%5.2%3.2%2.6037.7%361
March 20222.1%2.6%3.4%4.5%5.5%3.4%2.6237.0%361
February 20222.2%2.7%3.5%4.6%5.7%3.5%2.5936.5%361
January 20222.2%2.7%3.5%4.6%5.7%3.5%2.5936.4%361
December 20212.3%2.8%3.6%4.7%5.9%3.6%2.5736.3%361
November 20212.4%2.9%3.7%4.9%6.1%3.7%2.5436.3%361
October 20212.5%3%3.8%5.1%6.4%3.9%2.5636.0%361
September 20212.6%3.1%4%5.3%6.7%4.1%2.5836.0%361
August 20212.8%3.3%4.3%5.6%6.9%4.1%2.4635.4%361
July 20212.9%3.4%4.5%5.8%7.2%4.3%2.4835.0%361
June 20213%3.5%4.6%6%7.3%4.3%2.4334.6%361
May 20213.3%3.9%5%6.4%7.8%4.5%2.3633.3%361
April 20213.6%4.3%5.4%6.8%8.2%4.6%2.2831.9%361
March 20213.8%4.4%5.5%6.9%8.3%4.5%2.1831.3%361
February 20213.8%4.4%5.6%6.9%8.3%4.5%2.1830.9%361
January 20213.6%4.2%5.3%6.6%8.1%4.5%2.2531.3%361
December 20203.7%4.3%5.4%6.7%8.1%4.4%2.1930.4%361
November 20203.8%4.4%5.4%6.8%8.1%4.3%2.1330.0%361
October 20203.7%4.2%5.3%6.7%8%4.3%2.1629.6%361
September 20203.9%4.5%5.6%6.9%8.2%4.3%2.1028.3%361
August 20204.1%4.6%5.8%7%8.3%4.2%2.0227.6%361
July 20203.9%4.5%5.7%6.9%8.2%4.3%2.1028.0%361
June 20203.8%4.4%5.6%6.8%8%4.2%2.1128.5%361
May 20204%4.7%5.8%7%8%4%2.0027.1%361
April 20202.8%3.5%4.6%5.8%6.7%3.9%2.3932.6%361
March 20201.4%1.8%2.6%3.5%4.4%3%3.1442.2%361
February 20201.4%1.8%2.5%3.4%4.4%3%3.1442.2%361
January 20201.3%1.7%2.4%3.3%4.3%3%3.3142.7%361
December 20191.3%1.7%2.4%3.3%4.2%2.9%3.2342.3%361
November 20191.3%1.7%2.4%3.3%4.2%2.9%3.2342.8%361
October 20191.3%1.7%2.4%3.3%4.2%2.9%3.2343.0%361
September 20191.3%1.7%2.3%3.2%4.2%2.9%3.2343.9%361
August 20191.2%1.6%2.3%3.2%4.2%3%3.5045.0%361
July 20191.2%1.6%2.3%3.2%4.1%2.9%3.4245.3%361
June 20191.2%1.6%2.3%3.2%4.1%2.9%3.4245.8%361
May 20191.1%1.5%2.2%3.1%4%2.9%3.6446.7%361
April 20191.1%1.5%2.2%3.1%4%2.9%3.6447.2%361
March 20191.1%1.5%2.2%3.1%4%2.9%3.6447.9%361
February 20191%1.4%2.1%3.1%3.9%2.9%3.9049.0%361
January 20190.9%1.3%2%2.9%3.7%2.8%4.1150.6%361
December 20180.9%1.3%1.8%2.8%3.6%2.7%4.0052.1%361
November 20180.8%1.2%1.8%2.7%3.5%2.7%4.3853.3%361
October 20180.8%1.2%1.8%2.7%3.5%2.7%4.3854.0%361
September 20180.8%1.1%1.7%2.6%3.4%2.6%4.2554.6%361
August 20180.8%1.1%1.7%2.6%3.4%2.6%4.2555.1%361
July 20180.8%1.1%1.7%2.5%3.4%2.6%4.2555.2%361
June 20180.8%1.1%1.7%2.6%3.3%2.5%4.1254.7%361
May 20180.8%1.1%1.7%2.6%3.3%2.5%4.1253.7%360
April 20180.8%1.2%1.8%2.6%3.4%2.6%4.2554.4%361
March 20180.8%1.1%1.8%2.5%3.2%2.4%4.0053.2%361
February 20180.8%1.1%1.7%2.5%3.2%2.4%4.0053.2%361
January 20180.7%1%1.6%2.3%3.1%2.4%4.4354.0%361
December 20170.7%1%1.6%2.2%3%2.3%4.2954.6%361
November 20170.7%1%1.6%2.2%3%2.3%4.2954.7%361
October 20170.7%1%1.6%2.2%3%2.3%4.2954.4%361
September 20170.7%1%1.6%2.2%3%2.3%4.2954.5%361
August 20170.7%1%1.6%2.2%3%2.3%4.2954.2%361
July 20170.7%1%1.6%2.2%2.9%2.2%4.1454.1%361
June 20170.7%1%1.6%2.2%2.9%2.2%4.1453.7%361
May 20170.7%1%1.6%2.3%2.9%2.2%4.1453.2%361
April 20170.7%1%1.6%2.3%3%2.3%4.2952.9%361
March 20170.7%1.1%1.6%2.3%3%2.3%4.2952.4%361
February 20170.7%1%1.5%2.3%2.9%2.2%4.1452.8%361
January 20170.7%1%1.5%2.2%2.8%2.1%4.0053.3%361
December 20160.6%0.9%1.5%2.1%2.7%2.1%4.5054.0%361
November 20160.7%1%1.5%2.2%2.8%2.1%4.0053.5%361
October 20160.7%1%1.4%2.2%2.8%2.1%4.0053.6%361
September 20160.7%1%1.5%2.2%2.8%2.1%4.0153.8%360
August 20160.7%1%1.5%2.2%2.9%2.2%4.1454.1%360
July 20160.6%1%1.5%2.2%2.8%2.2%4.6754.8%361
June 20160.6%1%1.5%2.2%2.8%2.2%4.6754.8%361
May 20160.7%1%1.5%2.2%2.9%2.2%4.1454.2%361
April 20160.7%1%1.5%2.3%2.9%2.2%4.1454.3%361
March 20160.7%1%1.5%2.3%3%2.3%4.2954.2%361
February 20160.7%1%1.5%2.3%2.9%2.2%4.1454.3%361
January 20160.7%1%1.5%2.2%2.8%2.1%4.0055.5%361
December 20150.6%0.9%1.4%2.1%2.7%2.1%4.5056.5%361
November 20150.6%0.9%1.4%2.1%2.7%2.1%4.5056.2%361
October 20150.6%0.9%1.4%2.2%2.8%2.2%4.6755.8%360
September 20150.6%0.9%1.5%2.2%2.9%2.3%4.8355.9%360
August 20150.7%1%1.5%2.3%2.9%2.2%4.2056.3%360
July 20150.7%1%1.5%2.3%2.9%2.2%4.1456.8%361
June 20150.6%1%1.5%2.3%2.9%2.3%4.8356.4%361
May 20150.7%1%1.6%2.4%2.9%2.2%4.1455.5%361
April 20150.7%1%1.6%2.4%3%2.3%4.2955.1%361
March 20150.7%1.1%1.6%2.5%3.2%2.5%4.5754.4%361
February 20150.8%1.1%1.7%2.6%3.3%2.5%4.1253.9%361
January 20150.7%1.1%1.6%2.5%3.3%2.6%4.7155.1%361
December 20140.7%1%1.6%2.5%3.1%2.4%4.4356.3%361
November 20140.7%1.1%1.6%2.5%3.2%2.5%4.5755.7%361
October 20140.8%1.1%1.7%2.6%3.3%2.5%4.1455.3%360
September 20140.8%1.1%1.8%2.8%3.4%2.6%4.2555.2%361
August 20140.8%1.2%1.9%2.9%3.5%2.7%4.3854.6%361
July 20140.9%1.2%1.9%2.9%3.6%2.7%4.0054.0%361
June 20140.9%1.3%2%3%3.7%2.8%4.1153.3%361
May 20141%1.4%2.1%3.2%4%3%4.0051.7%361
April 20141.1%1.5%2.3%3.4%4.2%3.1%3.8250.6%361
March 20141.1%1.6%2.4%3.5%4.3%3.2%3.9149.4%361
February 20141.2%1.7%2.5%3.7%4.5%3.3%3.7548.9%361
January 20141.2%1.7%2.5%3.7%4.5%3.3%3.7549.4%361
December 20131.2%1.6%2.4%3.6%4.3%3.1%3.5849.7%361
November 20131.2%1.7%2.4%3.6%4.4%3.2%3.6749.0%361
October 20131.2%1.7%2.5%3.7%4.6%3.4%3.8348.8%361
September 20131.3%1.8%2.7%3.8%4.7%3.4%3.6248.1%360
August 20131.4%1.9%2.8%4.1%5%3.6%3.5748.1%361
July 20131.4%2%2.8%4.1%5.2%3.8%3.7147.6%361
June 20131.5%2%2.9%4.2%5.1%3.6%3.4047.1%361
May 20131.5%2.1%3%4.3%5.3%3.8%3.5345.9%361
April 20131.6%2.2%3.1%4.4%5.5%3.9%3.4445.0%361
March 20131.7%2.3%3.2%4.6%5.6%3.9%3.2944.3%361
February 20131.8%2.3%3.3%4.7%5.7%3.9%3.1743.9%361
January 20131.7%2.3%3.2%4.6%5.6%3.9%3.2944.7%361
December 20121.6%2.1%3%4.3%5.4%3.8%3.3845.2%350
November 20121.6%2.2%3.1%4.3%5.3%3.7%3.3244.8%350
October 20121.7%2.2%3.1%4.3%5.4%3.7%3.1844.7%350
September 20121.7%2.2%3.1%4.4%5.4%3.7%3.1844.6%350
August 20121.7%2.3%3.1%4.4%5.5%3.8%3.2444.2%350
July 20121.7%2.2%3.1%4.5%5.5%3.8%3.2444.0%350
June 20121.7%2.2%3.2%4.4%5.5%3.8%3.2444.0%350
May 20121.7%2.3%3.2%4.5%5.5%3.8%3.2443.3%350
April 20121.8%2.4%3.3%4.6%5.6%3.8%3.1242.7%350
March 20121.9%2.5%3.4%4.7%5.7%3.8%3.0041.2%350
February 20121.9%2.6%3.6%4.8%5.7%3.8%3.0141.1%350
January 20121.9%2.5%3.5%4.7%5.7%3.8%3.0041.6%350
December 20111.7%2.3%3.2%4.4%5.4%3.7%3.1842.6%350
November 20111.7%2.2%3.2%4.4%5.4%3.7%3.1842.3%350
October 20111.8%2.2%3.2%4.4%5.4%3.6%3.0042.4%350
September 20111.8%2.2%3.2%4.4%5.4%3.6%3.0042.3%350
August 20111.8%2.3%3.2%4.5%5.4%3.6%3.0042.4%350
July 20111.8%2.2%3.1%4.4%5.3%3.5%2.9442.6%350
June 20111.7%2.2%3%4.2%5.2%3.5%3.0642.8%350
May 20111.8%2.2%3.1%4.3%5.2%3.4%2.9142.1%350
April 20111.7%2.3%3.1%4.3%5.2%3.5%3.0641.5%350
March 20111.8%2.3%3.2%4.3%5.1%3.3%2.8440.4%350
February 20111.8%2.3%3.2%4.3%5.2%3.4%2.8940.0%350
January 20111.8%2.2%3.1%4.2%5.1%3.3%2.8440.9%350
December 20101.6%2.1%2.9%4%4.9%3.3%3.0641.5%350
November 20101.6%2%2.9%3.9%4.9%3.3%3.0641.2%350
October 20101.7%2.1%2.9%4%4.9%3.2%2.9041.2%350
September 20101.7%2.1%2.9%4%4.9%3.2%2.8840.7%350
August 20101.7%2.2%3%4.1%4.9%3.2%2.8840.4%350
July 20101.7%2.2%3%4.1%4.8%3.1%2.8540.5%350
June 20101.7%2.2%3%4.1%4.9%3.2%2.9040.3%350
May 20101.8%2.3%3.1%4.2%5.1%3.3%2.8339.1%350
April 20101.9%2.5%3.3%4.4%5.3%3.4%2.8037.8%350
March 20102%2.6%3.4%4.6%5.4%3.4%2.7137.2%350
February 20102.1%2.7%3.5%4.7%5.6%3.5%2.6736.6%350
January 20102.1%2.7%3.5%4.6%5.5%3.4%2.6236.8%350
December 20092%2.5%3.3%4.4%5.3%3.3%2.6638.0%350
November 20092%2.5%3.3%4.4%5.3%3.3%2.6537.4%350
October 20092%2.5%3.3%4.5%5.3%3.3%2.6537.3%350
September 20092%2.5%3.3%4.5%5.2%3.2%2.6036.9%350
August 20092.1%2.6%3.3%4.6%5.3%3.2%2.5236.2%350
July 20092%2.6%3.3%4.5%5.2%3.2%2.6136.3%350
June 20092%2.6%3.3%4.5%5.1%3.1%2.5636.2%350
May 20092%2.6%3.3%4.5%5.2%3.2%2.6035.6%350
April 20092%2.7%3.4%4.5%5.2%3.2%2.6035.1%350
March 20092%2.6%3.4%4.4%5.1%3.1%2.5535.2%350
February 20091.9%2.4%3.2%4.2%4.9%3%2.5836.2%350
January 20091.5%2.1%2.8%3.7%4.3%2.8%2.8739.2%350
December 20081.4%1.8%2.4%3.3%4%2.6%2.8641.3%350
November 20081.2%1.6%2.2%3%3.7%2.5%3.0842.7%350
October 20081.1%1.4%2%2.7%3.5%2.4%3.2145.2%350
September 20081%1.4%1.9%2.6%3.4%2.4%3.4046.4%349
August 20080.9%1.3%1.8%2.6%3.3%2.4%3.6747.2%350
July 20080.9%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.2%2.3%3.5648.7%349
June 20080.8%1.1%1.7%2.4%3.2%2.4%4.0050.3%350
May 20080.8%1.1%1.7%2.3%3.2%2.4%4.0050.4%350
April 20080.8%1.1%1.7%2.4%3.2%2.4%4.0050.0%350
March 20080.8%1.1%1.7%2.4%3.2%2.4%4.0049.9%350
February 20080.8%1.2%1.7%2.4%3.2%2.4%4.0149.6%350
January 20080.8%1.1%1.7%2.4%3.2%2.4%4.0150.2%350
December 20070.8%1.1%1.6%2.3%3.1%2.3%3.8851.7%350
November 20070.8%1.1%1.6%2.2%3%2.2%3.7551.0%350
October 20070.8%1.1%1.6%2.2%3%2.2%3.7551.0%349
September 20070.8%1.1%1.7%2.3%3.2%2.4%4.0250.8%349
August 20070.8%1.2%1.7%2.4%3.3%2.5%4.1250.3%350
July 20070.8%1.2%1.7%2.4%3.4%2.6%4.2550.6%350
June 20070.9%1.2%1.7%2.4%3.3%2.4%3.7550.2%349
May 20070.9%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.5%3.7849.5%350
April 20070.9%1.3%1.9%2.6%3.5%2.6%3.8948.9%350
March 20071%1.4%2%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6147.9%350
February 20071%1.4%2.1%2.8%3.6%2.6%3.6247.6%350
January 20071%1.4%2.1%2.7%3.7%2.7%3.7047.7%350
December 20061%1.3%1.9%2.6%3.6%2.6%3.6049.1%350
November 20061%1.3%1.9%2.6%3.5%2.5%3.5048.9%350
October 20061%1.3%1.9%2.6%3.6%2.6%3.6048.9%350
September 20061%1.4%1.9%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6048.9%350
August 20061%1.4%2%2.6%3.6%2.6%3.6049.1%350
July 20061%1.3%2%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6049.1%350
June 20061%1.3%2%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6049.2%350
May 20061%1.4%2%2.8%3.6%2.6%3.6048.5%350
April 20061%1.4%2.1%2.8%3.6%2.6%3.6147.8%350
March 20061%1.4%2.1%2.8%3.8%2.8%3.8047.2%350
February 20061.1%1.4%2.1%2.8%3.7%2.6%3.3647.2%350
January 20061%1.4%2.1%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6148.2%350
December 20050.9%1.3%1.9%2.5%3.5%2.6%3.8949.9%350
November 20050.9%1.3%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.5%3.7950.4%350
October 20050.9%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.4%2.5%3.7851.0%349
September 20050.9%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.4%2.5%3.8051.4%349
August 20050.9%1.3%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.5%3.7851.3%349
July 20050.9%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.4%2.5%3.7851.7%350
June 20050.8%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.4%2.6%4.2551.9%350
May 20050.8%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.3%2.5%4.1451.6%350
April 20050.9%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.3%2.4%3.6850.8%350
March 20050.9%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.5%3.7850.4%350
February 20050.9%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.5%3.7850.3%350
January 20050.9%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.5%3.7850.8%350
December 20040.8%1.1%1.6%2.3%3.2%2.4%4.0153.1%350
November 20040.8%1.1%1.6%2.3%3.2%2.4%4.0053.3%350
October 20040.8%1.1%1.6%2.3%3.2%2.4%4.0153.7%350
September 20040.8%1.1%1.6%2.4%3.3%2.5%4.1253.4%350
August 20040.8%1.1%1.7%2.4%3.3%2.5%4.1253.5%350
July 20040.8%1.1%1.7%2.3%3.3%2.5%4.1454.2%350
June 20040.8%1.1%1.7%2.4%3.3%2.5%4.1453.9%350
May 20040.9%1.2%1.8%2.4%3.5%2.6%3.8953.0%350
April 20040.9%1.2%1.9%2.6%3.5%2.6%3.9051.3%350
March 20041%1.3%1.9%2.6%3.7%2.7%3.7049.7%350
February 20041%1.4%2%2.7%3.8%2.8%3.8049.4%350
January 20041%1.3%1.9%2.7%3.8%2.8%3.8050.2%350
December 20031%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.5%2.5%3.5452.0%350
November 20031%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.4%3.4352.0%350
October 20030.9%1.2%1.8%2.5%3.4%2.5%3.7852.4%350
September 20031%1.3%1.8%2.6%3.5%2.5%3.5051.8%350
August 20031%1.3%1.9%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6051.7%350
July 20031%1.3%1.9%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6052.2%350
June 20031%1.3%1.9%2.7%3.6%2.6%3.6052.4%350
May 20031%1.3%1.9%2.7%3.7%2.7%3.7051.5%350
April 20031%1.3%2%2.8%3.8%2.8%3.8050.6%350
March 20031.1%1.4%2%2.9%3.9%2.8%3.5850.0%350
February 20031.1%1.4%2.1%3%4%2.9%3.6449.7%350
January 20031%1.4%2%3%4%3%4.0050.9%350
December 20020.9%1.3%1.9%2.7%3.7%2.8%4.1252.6%350
November 20020.9%1.2%1.8%2.7%3.7%2.8%4.1153.0%350
October 20020.9%1.2%1.8%2.6%3.7%2.8%4.1153.2%350
September 20020.9%1.3%1.9%2.8%3.7%2.8%4.1252.8%350
August 20021%1.3%2%2.9%4%3%4.0052.9%350
July 20020.9%1.3%2%2.8%4%3.1%4.4453.9%350
June 20020.9%1.3%1.9%2.8%3.9%3%4.3354.2%350
May 20021%1.3%1.9%2.9%3.9%2.9%3.9553.5%350
April 20021%1.3%2%3%4%3%4.0153.1%350
March 20021%1.3%2%3%4.1%3.1%4.1052.5%350
February 20021%1.4%2.1%3.1%4.2%3.2%4.2052.2%350
January 20021%1.4%2.1%3.1%4.2%3.2%4.2053.3%350
December 20010.9%1.3%1.9%2.9%4%3.1%4.4455.3%350
November 20010.8%1.2%1.8%2.8%3.9%3.1%4.8856.1%350
October 20010.8%1.2%1.8%2.8%3.8%3%4.7656.7%350
September 20010.8%1.2%1.9%2.9%3.9%3.1%4.8856.2%350
August 20010.8%1.3%2%3%4.1%3.3%5.1255.7%350
July 20010.8%1.2%2%3%4.1%3.3%5.1256.6%350
June 20010.8%1.2%1.9%3%3.9%3.1%4.8956.9%350
May 20010.8%1.3%2%3.1%4.1%3.3%5.1455.8%350
April 20010.8%1.3%2.1%3.1%4.2%3.4%5.2655.2%350
March 20010.9%1.4%2.1%3.3%4.3%3.4%4.8354.7%350
February 20010.9%1.4%2.2%3.4%4.5%3.6%5.0054.3%350
January 20010.9%1.5%2.2%3.4%4.6%3.7%5.1154.7%350
December 20000.9%1.4%2.1%3.2%4.3%3.4%4.7855.9%348
November 20000.9%1.4%2.1%3.1%4.1%3.3%4.7556.1%348
October 20000.8%1.3%2.1%3%4.2%3.4%5.2556.0%348
September 20000.9%1.4%2.1%3.1%4.3%3.4%4.8155.4%348
August 20000.9%1.5%2.3%3.3%4.5%3.6%5.0054.9%348
July 20000.9%1.5%2.3%3.3%4.5%3.6%5.0055.4%348
June 20000.9%1.4%2.2%3.3%4.5%3.6%5.0055.8%348
May 20001%1.5%2.3%3.4%4.6%3.7%4.7754.9%348
April 20001%1.6%2.4%3.5%4.8%3.8%4.8053.9%348
March 20001.1%1.7%2.5%3.7%4.9%3.8%4.4853.0%348
February 20001.2%1.8%2.6%3.8%5.1%3.9%4.2552.3%348
January 20001.2%1.8%2.6%3.9%5.1%3.9%4.2852.3%348
December 19991.1%1.6%2.3%3.5%4.7%3.6%4.3054.0%348
November 19991.1%1.7%2.3%3.5%4.7%3.6%4.3053.8%348
October 19991.1%1.7%2.4%3.5%4.7%3.6%4.3053.6%348
September 19991.2%1.8%2.6%3.6%5%3.8%4.1752.5%348
August 19991.2%1.8%2.6%3.8%5.1%3.9%4.2852.4%348
July 19991.2%1.8%2.6%3.9%5.1%3.9%4.2553.0%348
June 19991.1%1.8%2.6%3.8%5.1%4%4.6453.3%348
May 19991.2%1.8%2.7%3.9%5.2%4%4.4452.5%348
April 19991.2%1.9%2.8%4.1%5.4%4.2%4.5051.6%348
March 19991.3%2%2.8%4.1%5.4%4.2%4.2851.1%348
February 19991.3%2.1%2.9%4.3%5.7%4.4%4.3850.4%348
January 19991.4%2.1%2.9%4.3%5.7%4.4%4.1850.8%348
December 19981.3%1.9%2.7%4%5.4%4.1%4.1552.9%348
November 19981.2%1.9%2.7%3.9%5.3%4.1%4.4453.2%348
October 19981.2%1.9%2.6%3.9%5.2%4%4.3353.4%348
September 19981.3%2%2.7%4%5.4%4.1%4.2552.6%348
August 19981.3%2%2.9%4.2%5.5%4.2%4.2352.3%348
July 19981.3%2%2.9%4.2%5.4%4.2%4.2853.2%348
June 19981.2%1.9%2.8%4%5.3%4.1%4.4454.0%348
May 19981.3%2%2.8%4.1%5.4%4.1%4.2553.2%348
April 19981.3%2.1%2.9%4.3%5.6%4.3%4.3152.1%348
March 19981.3%2.1%3%4.3%5.7%4.4%4.4151.5%348
February 19981.4%2.2%3.2%4.5%6%4.6%4.3150.4%348
January 19981.5%2.2%3.2%4.5%6%4.5%4.0250.4%348
December 19971.3%2.1%2.9%4.3%5.8%4.5%4.4852.2%348
November 19971.4%2.1%2.9%4.2%5.7%4.3%4.0752.0%348
October 19971.5%2.1%3%4.3%5.9%4.4%4.0151.7%348
September 19971.6%2.3%3.2%4.5%6.1%4.5%3.8150.0%348
August 19971.7%2.5%3.4%4.8%6.2%4.5%3.6549.0%348
July 19971.7%2.5%3.4%4.9%6.4%4.7%3.7849.5%348
June 19971.6%2.4%3.3%4.7%6.3%4.7%3.9450.3%348
May 19971.7%2.5%3.5%4.9%6.5%4.8%3.8248.9%348
April 19971.8%2.6%3.7%5.1%6.7%4.9%3.7447.5%348
March 19972%2.8%3.8%5.4%6.9%4.9%3.5046.5%348
February 19972.1%3%4.1%5.6%7.2%5.1%3.4445.3%348
January 19972.2%3.1%4.3%5.9%7.6%5.4%3.4544.3%348
December 19962.2%3%4.1%5.7%7.4%5.2%3.3644.9%348
November 19962.3%3%4.2%5.7%7.2%5%3.1944.8%348
October 19962.5%3.2%4.4%5.9%7.4%4.9%2.9743.8%348
September 19962.8%3.5%4.7%6.2%7.9%5.1%2.8542.5%348
August 19962.8%3.7%4.9%6.4%8%5.2%2.8641.6%348
July 19962.8%3.6%4.9%6.4%8%5.2%2.8641.9%348
June 19962.7%3.5%4.7%6.2%7.8%5.1%2.8942.8%348
May 19962.8%3.6%4.9%6.5%8%5.2%2.8641.8%348
April 19963%3.8%5.1%6.7%8.3%5.3%2.7940.9%348
March 19963%3.8%5.1%6.7%8.2%5.2%2.7440.5%348
February 19963.2%4%5.3%6.9%8.6%5.4%2.7039.8%348
January 19963.2%4%5.3%7%8.7%5.5%2.7239.7%348
December 19953%3.8%5.1%6.7%8.2%5.2%2.7441.2%348
November 19953%3.7%5%6.6%8.1%5.1%2.7141.4%348
October 19953%3.7%5.1%6.6%8.2%5.2%2.7341.5%348
September 19953.1%4%5.2%6.7%8.4%5.3%2.7140.6%348
August 19953.2%4.1%5.4%6.8%8.7%5.5%2.7239.7%348
July 19953.2%4%5.3%6.8%8.6%5.4%2.6940.1%348
June 19953%3.8%5.1%6.7%8.4%5.4%2.8041.2%348
May 19953.1%3.9%5.3%6.9%8.6%5.5%2.7740.4%348
April 19953.2%4.1%5.5%7.1%8.8%5.6%2.7539.4%348
March 19953.3%4.2%5.5%7.2%8.8%5.5%2.6738.5%348
February 19953.5%4.3%5.7%7.4%9%5.5%2.5737.9%348
January 19953.5%4.4%5.8%7.5%9.2%5.7%2.6437.7%348
December 19943.5%4.2%5.6%7.2%8.9%5.4%2.5539.2%348
November 19943.4%4.3%5.6%7.2%8.8%5.4%2.5939.2%348
October 19943.5%4.3%5.7%7.2%8.9%5.4%2.5439.0%348
September 19943.8%4.6%6%7.5%9.3%5.5%2.4537.3%348
August 19944%4.8%6.1%7.7%9.5%5.5%2.3936.4%348
July 19943.9%4.7%6.1%7.8%9.4%5.5%2.4236.5%348
June 19943.8%4.6%6.1%7.7%9.3%5.5%2.4537.1%348
May 19944%4.7%6.2%8%9.5%5.5%2.3836.2%348
April 19944.2%5%6.5%8.2%9.7%5.5%2.3135.1%348
March 19944.3%5.1%6.7%8.3%10%5.7%2.3334.5%348
February 19944.5%5.2%6.8%8.6%10.2%5.7%2.2733.6%348
January 19944.6%5.4%7%8.7%10.3%5.7%2.2533.4%348
December 19934.4%5.2%6.6%8.4%9.9%5.5%2.2634.6%348
November 19934.4%5.1%6.6%8.4%10%5.6%2.2734.7%348
October 19934.4%5.2%6.6%8.4%9.9%5.5%2.2634.7%348
September 19934.7%5.5%6.9%8.5%10.1%5.4%2.1533.6%348
August 19934.8%5.6%7%8.7%10.3%5.5%2.1532.9%348
July 19934.7%5.5%7%8.6%10.3%5.6%2.1933.1%348
June 19934.6%5.3%6.8%8.5%10.1%5.5%2.2033.7%348
May 19934.8%5.5%6.9%8.7%10.2%5.4%2.1333.0%348
April 19935%5.8%7.2%8.8%10.5%5.5%2.1031.8%348
March 19935%5.8%7.2%8.9%10.6%5.6%2.1331.2%348
February 19935.2%5.9%7.4%9.1%10.6%5.5%2.0630.5%348
January 19935.1%6%7.5%9.2%10.7%5.6%2.1030.4%348
December 19924.9%5.7%7.2%8.9%10.5%5.6%2.1431.4%348
November 19924.7%5.5%6.9%8.4%10.1%5.4%2.1532.1%348
October 19924.5%5.3%6.7%8.2%9.7%5.2%2.1632.9%348
September 19924.6%5.4%6.7%8.3%9.7%5.1%2.1232.9%348
August 19924.5%5.4%6.7%8.2%9.8%5.3%2.1832.7%348
July 19924.4%5.2%6.5%8.1%9.6%5.2%2.1933.6%348
June 19924.1%5%6.3%7.9%9.2%5.1%2.2534.4%348
May 19924.2%5%6.4%8%9.3%5.1%2.2233.9%348
April 19924.3%5.1%6.4%8.1%9.6%5.3%2.2333.3%348
March 19924.3%5%6.4%7.9%9.6%5.3%2.2433.3%348
February 19924.3%5%6.5%8%9.7%5.4%2.2633.3%348
January 19924.1%4.8%6.3%7.9%9.6%5.5%2.3534.2%348

Between January 1992 and July 2026 the median moved −3.2, the 10th percentile −2.1 and the 90th −4.2, in the measure’s own unit.

What this establishes, and what it does not

It establishes how dispersed the published figures for councils were in each period, and whether that dispersion is larger or smaller than it was. It does not establish why, whether any council’s figure is high or low for a good reason, or whether a narrower spread would be better: the site does not hold a view on that.

Percentiles are taken over councils with a published figure for the period, by linear interpolation between sorted values. A period is shown only when at least six in ten councils have a figure for it.

The gap between the 90th and 10th percentile of local authorities on claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64 decreased from 5.5% in January 1992 to 3.4% in July 2026.
Civometry, from ONS

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