Local authorities
Local authority districts, the councils that run local services, such as Leeds, Cornwall or Glasgow City. They're the most common geography for official statistics, and most data in the Atlas is published on them.
Name in the API
localAuthorityCovers
UK
Areas in the latest release
361
Published by
Office for National Statistics
Boundary releases
The Atlas holds 19 releases of these boundaries, newest first. Use the release id wherever an endpoint asks for release.
| Release | Description | Areas | Map tiles |
|---|---|---|---|
2026-05-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, May 2026 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 361 | Yes |
2025-12-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2025 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 361 | Yes |
2025-05-uk-bgc-v2 | Local authority districts, May 2025 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped, v2) | 361 | Yes |
2024-12-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2024 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 361 | Yes |
2024-05-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, May 2024 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 361 | Yes |
2023-12-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2023 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 361 | Yes |
2023-05-uk-bgc-v2 | Local authority districts, May 2023 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped, v2) | 361 | Yes |
2022-12-uk-bgc-v2 | Local authority districts, December 2022 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped, v2) | 374 | Yes |
2021-12-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2021 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 374 | Yes |
2020-12-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2020 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 379 | Yes |
2019-12-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2019 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 382 | Yes |
2019-04-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, April 2019 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 382 | Yes |
2018-12-uk-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2018 (United Kingdom, generalised, clipped) | 391 | Yes |
2017-12-gb-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2017 (Great Britain, generalised, clipped) | 380 | Yes |
2016-12-gb-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2016 (Great Britain, generalised, clipped) | 380 | Yes |
2015-12-gb-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2015 (Great Britain, generalised, clipped) | 380 | Yes |
2011-12-gb-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2011 (Great Britain, generalised, clipped) | 380 | Yes |
2009-12-gb-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2009 (Great Britain, generalised, clipped) | 380 | Yes |
2008-12-gb-bgc | Local authority districts, December 2008 (Great Britain, generalised, clipped) | 408 | Yes |
Boundaries are published by Office for National Statistics under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Get attribution text gives the credit line for a map.
Datasets on these areas
| Datasets | Code year | Periods | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2023 | 2011 to 2024 | UK |
| Ethnicity | 2023 | 2021 | England and Wales |
| Qualifications | 2023 | 2021 | England and Wales |
| Life expectancy | 2025 | 2001–2003 to 2022–2024 | UK |
| Jobs | 2023 | 2011 to 2024 | UK |
| Pay | 2025 | 2025 | England |
2025 | 2025 | England | |
| Businesses | 2025 | 2025 | UK |
| Local government finance | 2026 | 2026-27 | England |
2026 | 2026-27 | England | |
| Unemployment | 2019 | 1996-97 to 2021 | England, Wales and Scotland |
2021 | 2020 to 2021 | England, Wales and Scotland | |
| Claimant count | 2024 | April 2026 | UK |
| Temporary accommodation | 2025 | January to March 2026 | England |
| Housing supply and planning | 2025 | 2024-25 | England |
2025 | January to March 2026 | England | |
| Adult social care | 2025 | 2024-25 | England |
2025 | 2024-25 | England | |
| Travel to work | 2023 | 2021 | England and Wales |
| Car availability | 2023 | 2021 | England and Wales |
| Road collisions | 2024 | 2024 | England, Wales and Scotland |
2025 | 2025 | England, Wales and Scotland | |
| Electric vehicle chargers | 2026 | 2026-07-01 | UK |
| Broadband | 2024 | July 2025 | UK |
| Mobile coverage | 2024 | 2025 | UK |
| Air quality | 2024 | 2024 | UK |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | 2025 | 2005 to 2024 | UK |
| Energy consumption | 2025 | 2015 to 2024 | England, Wales and Scotland |
2025 | 2015 to 2024 | England, Wales and Scotland | |
| Waste and recycling | 2025 | 2024-25 | England |
Request it
List the areas in the latest release:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/areas?geography=localAuthority&release=2026-05-uk-bgc&limit=5"Draw them on a map with vector tiles:
curl "https://api.ukdataatlas.com/v1/map-resources/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/tiles.json"/areas/{geography}/{release}/{code}/geometryGet an area's shapeget/areas:containsFind areas at a pointget/boundary-releases:resolveFind boundaries for a dateDownloads
Every release has an area-code lookup table. Releases with map resources also have downloadable PMTiles and GeoParquet shapes. The source and licence information above applies to these files too; preserve the attribution and note any cleaning or reformatting when you redistribute one.
| Release | Area codes | Boundary files |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2025-12-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2025-05-uk-bgc-v2 | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2024-12-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2024-05-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2023-12-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2023-05-uk-bgc-v2 | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2022-12-uk-bgc-v2 | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2021-12-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2020-12-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2019-12-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2019-04-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2018-12-uk-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2017-12-gb-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2016-12-gb-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2015-12-gb-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2011-12-gb-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2009-12-gb-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |
| 2008-12-gb-bgc | CSV | PMTilesGeoParquet |