Claimant Count in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Claimant Count
Creator: Office for National Statistics
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England had 1,521,585 people claiming out-of-work benefits in Apr 2026.

All 313 local authorities in England, ranked by claimants, % of residents aged 16 to 64. Data: Office for National Statistics (2026), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Claimants, % of residents aged 16 to 64
1	Birmingham	10.0%
2	Barking and Dagenham	7.6%
3	Newham	7.5%
4	Haringey	7.4%
5	Brent	7.2%
6	Enfield	7.2%
7	Hackney	7.0%
8	Bradford	6.9%
9	Lewisham	6.9%
10	Wolverhampton	6.8%
11	Sandwell	6.7%
12	Tower Hamlets	6.7%
13	Oldham	6.6%
14	Luton	6.6%
15	Waltham Forest	6.6%
16	Ealing	6.4%
17	Croydon	6.3%
18	Blackpool	6.2%
19	Lambeth	6.2%
20	Manchester	6.1%
21	Rochdale	6.0%
22	Pendle	6.0%
23	Nottingham	6.0%
24	Redbridge	6.0%
25	Slough	6.0%
26	Burnley	5.9%
27	Walsall	5.9%
28	Coventry	5.8%
29	Liverpool	5.7%
30	Southwark	5.7%
31	Greenwich	5.7%
32	Hyndburn	5.5%
33	Leicester	5.5%
34	Stoke-on-Trent	5.5%
35	Blackburn with Darwen	5.4%
36	Kingston upon Hull	5.4%
37	Peterborough	5.4%
38	Islington	5.4%
39	Bolton	5.3%
40	Thanet	5.3%
41	Middlesbrough	5.2%
42	Hastings	5.2%
43	Derby	5.1%
44	Salford	5.0%
45	Great Yarmouth	5.0%
46	Barnet	5.0%
47	Hounslow	5.0%
48	South Tyneside	4.9%
49	Hillingdon	4.9%
50	Eastbourne	4.9%
51	Tameside	4.8%
52	Boston	4.8%
53	Hammersmith and Fulham	4.8%
54	Harrow	4.8%
55	Kirklees	4.7%
56	Dudley	4.7%
57	Portsmouth	4.7%
58	Hartlepool	4.6%
59	Preston	4.6%
60	Leeds	4.6%
61	Harlow	4.6%
62	Camden	4.6%
63	Merton	4.6%
64	Crawley	4.6%
65	Watford	4.5%
66	Ipswich	4.5%
67	Havering	4.5%
68	Bury	4.4%
69	Doncaster	4.4%
70	Sheffield	4.4%
71	Bedford	4.4%
72	Southend-on-Sea	4.4%
73	Thurrock	4.4%
74	Brighton and Hove	4.4%
75	Reading	4.4%
76	Halton	4.3%
77	Knowsley	4.3%
78	North East Lincolnshire	4.3%
79	Calderdale	4.3%
80	Medway	4.3%
81	Southampton	4.3%
82	Gravesham	4.3%
83	Tendring	4.2%
84	Norwich	4.2%
85	Nuneaton and Bedworth	4.1%
86	Westminster	4.1%
87	Isle of Wight	4.1%
88	Milton Keynes	4.1%
89	Gateshead	4.0%
90	Newcastle upon Tyne	4.0%
91	Lincoln	4.0%
92	Mansfield	4.0%
93	Wandsworth	4.0%
94	Rossendale	3.9%
95	Ashfield	3.9%
96	Fenland	3.9%
97	Folkestone and Hythe	3.9%
98	Redcar and Cleveland	3.8%
99	Stockton-on-Tees	3.8%
100	Sunderland	3.8%
101	Sefton	3.8%
102	Rotherham	3.8%
103	Wakefield	3.8%
104	Telford and Wrekin	3.8%
105	Redditch	3.8%
106	Basildon	3.8%
107	Gosport	3.8%
108	Arun	3.8%
109	Darlington	3.7%
110	Wigan	3.7%
111	St. Helens	3.7%
112	East Lindsey	3.7%
113	Spelthorne	3.7%
114	Wirral	3.6%
115	North Lincolnshire	3.6%
116	Solihull	3.6%
117	Hertsmere	3.6%
118	Lewes	3.6%
119	Dover	3.6%
120	Swale	3.6%
121	Bristol	3.6%
122	Torbay	3.6%
123	Gloucester	3.6%
124	North Northamptonshire	3.5%
125	West Northamptonshire	3.5%
126	Broxbourne	3.5%
127	Stevenage	3.5%
128	Bromley	3.5%
129	Plymouth	3.5%
130	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	3.5%
131	North Tyneside	3.4%
132	Barnsley	3.4%
133	East Staffordshire	3.4%
134	Worcester	3.4%
135	Kensington and Chelsea	3.4%
136	Bexley	3.4%
137	Sutton	3.4%
138	Havant	3.4%
139	Maidstone	3.4%
140	Swindon	3.4%
141	Chesterfield	3.3%
142	Erewash	3.3%
143	Gedling	3.3%
144	Tamworth	3.3%
145	Kingston upon Thames	3.3%
146	Rother	3.3%
147	Canterbury	3.3%
148	Chichester	3.3%
149	Worthing	3.3%
150	Cornwall	3.3%
151	Bassetlaw	3.2%
152	Cannock Chase	3.2%
153	Wyre Forest	3.2%
154	Dacorum	3.2%
155	Dartford	3.2%
156	Adur	3.2%
157	County Durham	3.1%
158	West Lindsey	3.1%
159	Colchester	3.1%
160	Epping Forest	3.1%
161	Welwyn Hatfield	3.1%
162	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	3.1%
163	Rushmoor	3.1%
164	North Devon	3.1%
165	Stockport	3.0%
166	Trafford	3.0%
167	Bolsover	3.0%
168	Oadby and Wigston	3.0%
169	South Holland	3.0%
170	East Suffolk	3.0%
171	Buckinghamshire	3.0%
172	Ashford	3.0%
173	Northumberland	2.9%
174	Lancaster	2.9%
175	Wyre	2.9%
176	South Kesteven	2.9%
177	Newcastle-under-Lyme	2.9%
178	Rugby	2.9%
179	North Norfolk	2.9%
180	Torridge	2.9%
181	Fylde	2.8%
182	West Lancashire	2.8%
183	Melton	2.8%
184	Broxtowe	2.8%
185	Newark and Sherwood	2.8%
186	North Warwickshire	2.8%
187	Chelmsford	2.8%
188	Woking	2.8%
189	Cheltenham	2.8%
190	Warrington	2.7%
191	Amber Valley	2.7%
192	Braintree	2.7%
193	Three Rivers	2.7%
194	Breckland	2.7%
195	Bracknell Forest	2.7%
196	Basingstoke and Deane	2.7%
197	Somerset	2.6%
198	Cheshire West and Chester	2.6%
199	Herefordshire	2.6%
200	South Staffordshire	2.6%
201	Bromsgrove	2.6%
202	Wychavon	2.6%
203	Central Bedfordshire	2.6%
204	Brentwood	2.6%
205	Richmond upon Thames	2.6%
206	Windsor and Maidenhead	2.6%
207	Tunbridge Wells	2.6%
208	Oxford	2.6%
209	Tandridge	2.6%
210	Forest of Dean	2.6%
211	Cumberland	2.5%
212	South Ribble	2.5%
213	Stafford	2.5%
214	Malvern Hills	2.5%
215	Castle Point	2.5%
216	Maldon	2.5%
217	Babergh	2.5%
218	West Suffolk	2.5%
219	West Berkshire	2.5%
220	Wealden	2.5%
221	Tonbridge and Malling	2.5%
222	Runnymede	2.5%
223	North Somerset	2.5%
224	Cheshire East	2.4%
225	Chorley	2.4%
226	East Riding of Yorkshire	2.4%
227	High Peak	2.4%
228	North East Derbyshire	2.4%
229	South Derbyshire	2.4%
230	Charnwood	2.4%
231	Hinckley and Bosworth	2.4%
232	Shropshire	2.4%
233	Warwick	2.4%
234	Huntingdonshire	2.4%
235	St Albans	2.4%
236	South Norfolk	2.4%
237	New Forest	2.4%
238	Cherwell	2.4%
239	Elmbridge	2.4%
240	Mid Devon	2.4%
241	Dorset	2.4%
242	Tewkesbury	2.4%
243	Blaby	2.3%
244	Stratford-on-Avon	2.3%
245	Rochford	2.3%
246	North Hertfordshire	2.3%
247	Eastleigh	2.3%
248	Sevenoaks	2.3%
249	Surrey Heath	2.3%
250	Wiltshire	2.3%
251	Exeter	2.3%
252	Lichfield	2.2%
253	Staffordshire Moorlands	2.2%
254	East Cambridgeshire	2.2%
255	Epsom and Ewell	2.2%
256	Reigate and Banstead	2.2%
257	East Devon	2.2%
258	South Hams	2.2%
259	Teignbridge	2.2%
260	Stroud	2.2%
261	North Kesteven	2.1%
262	Broadland	2.1%
263	Fareham	2.1%
264	Vale of White Horse	2.1%
265	South Gloucestershire	2.1%
266	West Devon	2.1%
267	North Yorkshire	2.1%
268	North West Leicestershire	2.0%
269	Rushcliffe	2.0%
270	Cambridge	2.0%
271	Uttlesford	2.0%
272	East Hertfordshire	2.0%
273	Mid Suffolk	2.0%
274	Wokingham	2.0%
275	East Hampshire	2.0%
276	Test Valley	2.0%
277	Winchester	2.0%
278	Guildford	2.0%
279	Horsham	2.0%
280	Mid Sussex	2.0%
281	Cotswold	2.0%
282	York	1.9%
283	Derbyshire Dales	1.9%
284	South Cambridgeshire	1.9%
285	South Oxfordshire	1.9%
286	West Oxfordshire	1.9%
287	Mole Valley	1.9%
288	Waverley	1.9%
289	Bath and North East Somerset	1.9%
290	Westmorland and Furness	1.8%
291	Rutland	1.8%
292	Hart	1.8%
293	Ribble Valley	1.7%
294	Harborough	1.7%
295	Isles of Scilly	1.5%
296	City of London	1.1%
297	Allerdale	0.0%
298	Barrow-in-Furness	0.0%
299	Carlisle	0.0%
300	Copeland	0.0%
301	Eden	0.0%
302	South Lakeland	0.0%
303	Craven	0.0%
304	Hambleton	0.0%
305	Harrogate	0.0%
306	Richmondshire	0.0%
307	Ryedale	0.0%
308	Scarborough	0.0%
309	Selby	0.0%
310	Mendip	0.0%
311	Sedgemoor	0.0%
312	South Somerset	0.0%
313	Somerset West and Taunton	0.0%