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All claimants by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of claimants as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64, highest first. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.

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#	Area	% of 16–64	UK percentile
1	Birmingham E08000025	10.0%	100
=2	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	7.5%	99
=2	Haringey E09000014	7.5%	99
=2	Newham E09000025	7.5%	99
=5	Brent E09000005	7.2%	99
=5	Enfield E09000010	7.2%	99
7	Hackney E09000012	7.0%	98
8	Bradford E08000032	6.9%	98
9	Lewisham E09000023	6.8%	98
=10	Sandwell E08000028	6.7%	97
=10	Tower Hamlets E09000030	6.7%	97
=10	Wolverhampton E08000031	6.7%	97
13	Oldham E08000004	6.6%	97
=14	Ealing E09000009	6.5%	96
=14	Luton E06000032	6.5%	96
=14	Waltham Forest E09000031	6.5%	96
=17	Croydon E09000008	6.2%	95
=17	Lambeth E09000022	6.2%	95
=19	Manchester E08000003	6.0%	94
=19	Nottingham E06000018	6.0%	94
=19	Redbridge E09000026	6.0%	94
=19	Slough E06000039	6.0%	94
=23	Rochdale E08000005	5.9%	94
=23	Walsall E08000030	5.9%	94
=25	Blackpool E06000009	5.8%	93
=25	Coventry E08000026	5.8%	93
=25	Greenwich E09000011	5.8%	93
28	Pendle E07000122	5.7%	93
=29	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	5.6%	92
=29	Burnley E07000117	5.6%	92
=29	Southwark E09000028	5.6%	92
=32	Hyndburn E07000120	5.5%	91
=32	Liverpool E08000012	5.5%	91
=34	Islington E09000019	5.4%	90
=34	Leicester E06000016	5.4%	90
=34	Peterborough E06000031	5.4%	90
=34	Thanet E07000114	5.4%	90
38	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	5.3%	90
=39	Bolton E08000001	5.2%	89
=39	Middlesbrough E06000002	5.2%	89
41	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	5.1%	89
=42	Barnet E09000003	5.0%	88
=42	Derby E06000015	5.0%	88
=42	Hastings E07000062	5.0%	88
=42	Hounslow E09000018	5.0%	88
=42	Salford E08000006	5.0%	88
=47	Eastbourne E07000061	4.9%	87
=47	Harrow E09000015	4.9%	87
=47	Hillingdon E09000017	4.9%	87
=50	Boston E07000136	4.8%	86
=50	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	4.8%	86
=50	Tameside E08000008	4.8%	86
=53	Great Yarmouth E07000145	4.7%	85
=53	Kirklees E08000034	4.7%	85
=53	South Tyneside E08000023	4.7%	85
=56	Camden E09000007	4.6%	83
=56	Dudley E08000027	4.6%	83
=56	Harlow E07000073	4.6%	83
=56	Leeds E08000035	4.6%	83
=56	Preston E07000123	4.6%	83
=61	Crawley E07000226	4.5%	81
=61	Hartlepool E06000001	4.5%	81
=61	Havering E09000016	4.5%	81
=61	Ipswich E07000202	4.5%	81
=61	Merton E09000024	4.5%	81
=61	Watford E07000103	4.5%	81
=67	Bedford E06000055	4.4%	81
=67	Portsmouth E06000044	4.4%	81
=67	Sheffield E08000039	4.4%	81
=70	Bury E08000002	4.3%	79
=70	Doncaster E08000017	4.3%	79
=70	Halton E06000006	4.3%	79
=70	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	4.3%	79
=70	Reading E06000038	4.3%	79
=70	Thurrock E06000034	4.3%	79
=76	Brighton and Hove E06000043	4.2%	76
=76	Calderdale E08000033	4.2%	76
=76	Gravesham E07000109	4.2%	76
=76	Knowsley E08000011	4.2%	76
=76	Medway E06000035	4.2%	76
=76	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	4.2%	76
=76	Southampton E06000045	4.2%	76
=76	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	4.2%	76
=84	Norwich E07000148	4.1%	75
=84	Tendring E07000076	4.1%	75
=84	Westminster E09000033	4.1%	75
=87	Gateshead E08000037	4.0%	74
=87	Milton Keynes E06000042	4.0%	74
=87	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	4.0%	74
=87	Wandsworth E09000032	4.0%	74
=91	Fenland E07000010	3.9%	72
=91	Mansfield E07000174	3.9%	72
=91	Rossendale E07000125	3.9%	72
=91	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	3.9%	72
=91	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	3.9%	72
=96	Ashfield E07000170	3.8%	70
=96	Basildon E07000066	3.8%	70
=96	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	3.8%	70
=96	Lincoln E07000138	3.8%	70
=96	Redditch E07000236	3.8%	70
=96	Sunderland E08000024	3.8%	70
=96	Wakefield E08000036	3.8%	70
=103	Arun E07000224	3.7%	68
=103	Isle of Wight E06000046	3.7%	68
=103	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	3.7%	68
=103	Sefton E08000014	3.7%	68
=103	St. Helens E08000013	3.7%	68
=108	Bristol, City of E06000023	3.6%	65
=108	Darlington E06000005	3.6%	65
=108	Gloucester E07000081	3.6%	65
=108	Gosport E07000088	3.6%	65
=108	Hertsmere E07000098	3.6%	65
=108	Rotherham E08000018	3.6%	65
=108	Solihull E08000029	3.6%	65
=108	Wigan E08000010	3.6%	65
=116	Bexley E09000004	3.5%	61
=116	Bromley E09000006	3.5%	61
=116	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	3.5%	61
=116	Lewes E07000063	3.5%	61
=116	Maidstone E07000110	3.5%	61
=116	North Lincolnshire E06000013	3.5%	61
=116	Plymouth E06000026	3.5%	61
=116	Spelthorne E07000213	3.5%	61
=116	Stevenage E07000243	3.5%	61
=116	Sutton E09000029	3.5%	61
=116	Swale E07000113	3.5%	61
=116	Wirral E08000015	3.5%	61
=128	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	3.4%	58
=128	Broxbourne E07000095	3.4%	58
=128	Chesterfield E07000034	3.4%	58
=128	Swindon E06000030	3.4%	58
=128	Torbay E06000027	3.4%	58
=128	West Northamptonshire E06000062	3.4%	58
=128	Worcester E07000237	3.4%	58
=135	Barnsley E08000038	3.3%	54
=135	Canterbury E07000106	3.3%	54
=135	Dartford E07000107	3.3%	54
=135	Dover E07000108	3.3%	54
=135	East Staffordshire E07000193	3.3%	54
=135	Erewash E07000036	3.3%	54
=135	Havant E07000090	3.3%	54
=135	North Northamptonshire E06000061	3.3%	54
=135	North Tyneside E08000022	3.3%	54
=135	Worthing E07000229	3.3%	54
=135	Wyre Forest E07000239	3.3%	54
=146	Adur E07000223	3.2%	50
=146	Bassetlaw E07000171	3.2%	50
=146	Chichester E07000225	3.2%	50
=146	Dacorum E07000096	3.2%	50
=146	East Lindsey E07000137	3.2%	50
=146	Epping Forest E07000072	3.2%	50
=146	Gedling E07000173	3.2%	50
=146	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	3.2%	50
=146	Rother E07000064	3.2%	50
=146	Tamworth E07000199	3.2%	50
=146	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	3.2%	50
=157	Colchester E07000071	3.1%	49
=157	County Durham E06000047	3.1%	49
=157	South Holland E07000140	3.1%	49
=157	West Lindsey E07000142	3.1%	49
=161	Ashford E07000105	3.0%	44
=161	Broxtowe E07000172	3.0%	44
=161	Buckinghamshire E06000060	3.0%	44
=161	Cannock Chase E07000192	3.0%	44
=161	Cornwall E06000052	3.0%	44
=161	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	3.0%	44
=161	Lancaster E07000121	3.0%	44
=161	Rushmoor E07000092	3.0%	44
=161	Stockport E08000007	3.0%	44
=161	Trafford E08000009	3.0%	44
=171	Bolsover E07000033	2.9%	42
=171	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	2.9%	42
=171	North Warwickshire E07000218	2.9%	42
=171	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	2.9%	42
=171	Rugby E07000220	2.9%	42
=171	Wyre E07000128	2.9%	42
=177	Cheltenham E07000078	2.8%	38
=177	East Suffolk E07000244	2.8%	38
=177	Melton E07000133	2.8%	38
=177	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	2.8%	38
=177	Northumberland E06000057	2.8%	38
=177	South Kesteven E07000141	2.8%	38
=177	Warrington E06000007	2.8%	38
=177	Woking E07000217	2.8%	38
=185	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	2.7%	34
=185	Bracknell Forest E06000036	2.7%	34
=185	Braintree E07000067	2.7%	34
=185	Chelmsford E07000070	2.7%	34
=185	Fylde E07000119	2.7%	34
=185	North Devon E07000043	2.7%	34
=185	North Norfolk E07000147	2.7%	34
=185	Tandridge E07000215	2.7%	34
=185	Three Rivers E07000102	2.7%	34
=185	Torridge E07000046	2.7%	34
=185	West Lancashire E07000127	2.7%	34
=196	Amber Valley E07000032	2.6%	30
=196	Breckland E07000143	2.6%	30
=196	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	2.6%	30
=196	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	2.6%	30
=196	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	2.6%	30
=196	Maldon E07000074	2.6%	30
=196	Oxford E07000178	2.6%	30
=196	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	2.6%	30
=196	Somerset E06000066	2.6%	30
=196	South Staffordshire E07000196	2.6%	30
=206	Babergh E07000200	2.5%	25
=206	Brentwood E07000068	2.5%	25
=206	Bromsgrove E07000234	2.5%	25
=206	Castle Point E07000069	2.5%	25
=206	Chorley E07000118	2.5%	25
=206	Cumberland E06000063	2.5%	25
=206	Forest of Dean E07000080	2.5%	25
=206	North Somerset E06000024	2.5%	25
=206	Runnymede E07000212	2.5%	25
=206	South Ribble E07000126	2.5%	25
=206	Stafford E07000197	2.5%	25
=206	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	2.5%	25
=206	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	2.5%	25
=206	West Suffolk E07000245	2.5%	25
=206	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	2.5%	25
=206	Wychavon E07000238	2.5%	25
=222	Charnwood E07000130	2.4%	20
=222	Cheshire East E06000049	2.4%	20
=222	Elmbridge E07000207	2.4%	20
=222	High Peak E07000037	2.4%	20
=222	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	2.4%	20
=222	Malvern Hills E07000235	2.4%	20
=222	New Forest E07000091	2.4%	20
=222	North East Derbyshire E07000038	2.4%	20
=222	North Hertfordshire E07000099	2.4%	20
=222	Shropshire E06000051	2.4%	20
=222	St Albans E07000240	2.4%	20
=222	Tewkesbury E07000083	2.4%	20
=222	Warwick E07000222	2.4%	20
=222	Wealden E07000065	2.4%	20
=222	West Berkshire E06000037	2.4%	20
=237	Cherwell E07000177	2.3%	16
=237	Dorset E06000059	2.3%	16
=237	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	2.3%	16
=237	Eastleigh E07000086	2.3%	16
=237	Huntingdonshire E07000011	2.3%	16
=237	Lichfield E07000194	2.3%	16
=237	Mid Devon E07000042	2.3%	16
=237	Rochford E07000075	2.3%	16
=237	Sevenoaks E07000111	2.3%	16
=237	South Derbyshire E07000039	2.3%	16
=237	South Norfolk E07000149	2.3%	16
=237	Surrey Heath E07000214	2.3%	16
=249	Blaby E07000129	2.2%	13
=249	Exeter E07000041	2.2%	13
=249	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	2.2%	13
=249	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	2.2%	13
=249	Stroud E07000082	2.2%	13
=249	Teignbridge E07000045	2.2%	13
=249	West Devon E07000047	2.2%	13
=249	Wiltshire E06000054	2.2%	13
=257	Cotswold E07000079	2.1%	11
=257	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	2.1%	11
=257	East Hampshire E07000085	2.1%	11
=257	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	2.1%	11
=257	North Kesteven E07000139	2.1%	11
=257	South Hams E07000044	2.1%	11
=257	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	2.1%	11
=264	Broadland E07000144	2.0%	6
=264	Cambridge E07000008	2.0%	6
=264	East Devon E07000040	2.0%	6
=264	East Hertfordshire E07000242	2.0%	6
=264	Fareham E07000087	2.0%	6
=264	Guildford E07000209	2.0%	6
=264	Mid Suffolk E07000203	2.0%	6
=264	Mid Sussex E07000228	2.0%	6
=264	North West Leicestershire E07000134	2.0%	6
=264	North Yorkshire E06000065	2.0%	6
=264	Rushcliffe E07000176	2.0%	6
=264	South Gloucestershire E06000025	2.0%	6
=264	Test Valley E07000093	2.0%	6
=264	Uttlesford E07000077	2.0%	6
=264	Vale of White Horse E07000180	2.0%	6
=264	Winchester E07000094	2.0%	6
=264	Wokingham E06000041	2.0%	6
=281	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	1.9%	3
=281	Horsham E07000227	1.9%	3
=281	Mole Valley E07000210	1.9%	3
=281	Rutland E06000017	1.9%	3
=281	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	1.9%	3
=281	South Oxfordshire E07000179	1.9%	3
=281	Waverley E07000216	1.9%	3
=281	West Oxfordshire E07000181	1.9%	3
=289	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	1.8%	2
=289	Hart E07000089	1.8%	2
=289	Ribble Valley E07000124	1.8%	2
=289	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	1.8%	2
=289	York E06000014	1.8%	2
294	Harborough E07000131	1.7%	1
295	Isles of Scilly E06000053	1.4%	1
296	City of London E09000001	1.1%	0

How this ranking is made

Claimants as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64: the percentage the ONS publishes for the area, unchanged.. The claimant count as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64, published monthly by the ONS for every UK local authority. The percentage is the ONS's own; nothing is divided here. The newest month published for each area.

Source: ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis) · Claimant count, July 2026, released 2026-08-18. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Birmingham has the highest claimants as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64 of 296 England local authorities with a published figure, at 10.0% (Latest published: July 2026). Source: ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis).

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