Claimant Count in the United KingdomLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Claimant Count
Creator: Office for National Statistics
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The United Kingdom had 1,733,090 people claiming out-of-work benefits in Apr 2026.

All 378 local authorities in the United Kingdom, 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	Glasgow City	4.8%
56	Kirklees	4.7%
57	Dudley	4.7%
58	Portsmouth	4.7%
59	Hartlepool	4.6%
60	Preston	4.6%
61	Leeds	4.6%
62	Harlow	4.6%
63	Camden	4.6%
64	Merton	4.6%
65	Crawley	4.6%
66	Newport	4.6%
67	Watford	4.5%
68	Ipswich	4.5%
69	Havering	4.5%
70	Bury	4.4%
71	Doncaster	4.4%
72	Sheffield	4.4%
73	Bedford	4.4%
74	Southend-on-Sea	4.4%
75	Thurrock	4.4%
76	Brighton and Hove	4.4%
77	Reading	4.4%
78	Halton	4.3%
79	Knowsley	4.3%
80	North East Lincolnshire	4.3%
81	Calderdale	4.3%
82	Medway	4.3%
83	Southampton	4.3%
84	Gravesham	4.3%
85	Derry City and Strabane	4.3%
86	Tendring	4.2%
87	Norwich	4.2%
88	Nuneaton and Bedworth	4.1%
89	Westminster	4.1%
90	Isle of Wight	4.1%
91	Milton Keynes	4.1%
92	North Ayrshire	4.1%
93	Gateshead	4.0%
94	Newcastle upon Tyne	4.0%
95	Lincoln	4.0%
96	Mansfield	4.0%
97	Wandsworth	4.0%
98	Dundee City	4.0%
99	Belfast	4.0%
100	Rossendale	3.9%
101	Ashfield	3.9%
102	Fenland	3.9%
103	Folkestone and Hythe	3.9%
104	Cardiff	3.9%
105	Blaenau Gwent	3.9%
106	West Dunbartonshire	3.9%
107	Redcar and Cleveland	3.8%
108	Stockton-on-Tees	3.8%
109	Sunderland	3.8%
110	Sefton	3.8%
111	Rotherham	3.8%
112	Wakefield	3.8%
113	Telford and Wrekin	3.8%
114	Redditch	3.8%
115	Basildon	3.8%
116	Gosport	3.8%
117	Arun	3.8%
118	Conwy	3.8%
119	Darlington	3.7%
120	Wigan	3.7%
121	St. Helens	3.7%
122	East Lindsey	3.7%
123	Spelthorne	3.7%
124	Isle of Anglesey	3.7%
125	Denbighshire	3.7%
126	Torfaen	3.7%
127	Aberdeen City	3.7%
128	East Ayrshire	3.7%
129	Wirral	3.6%
130	North Lincolnshire	3.6%
131	Solihull	3.6%
132	Hertsmere	3.6%
133	Lewes	3.6%
134	Dover	3.6%
135	Swale	3.6%
136	Bristol	3.6%
137	Torbay	3.6%
138	Gloucester	3.6%
139	Pembrokeshire	3.6%
140	North Northamptonshire	3.5%
141	West Northamptonshire	3.5%
142	Broxbourne	3.5%
143	Stevenage	3.5%
144	Bromley	3.5%
145	Plymouth	3.5%
146	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	3.5%
147	North Tyneside	3.4%
148	Barnsley	3.4%
149	East Staffordshire	3.4%
150	Worcester	3.4%
151	Kensington and Chelsea	3.4%
152	Bexley	3.4%
153	Sutton	3.4%
154	Havant	3.4%
155	Maidstone	3.4%
156	Swindon	3.4%
157	Caerphilly	3.4%
158	Inverclyde	3.4%
159	Chesterfield	3.3%
160	Erewash	3.3%
161	Gedling	3.3%
162	Tamworth	3.3%
163	Kingston upon Thames	3.3%
164	Rother	3.3%
165	Canterbury	3.3%
166	Chichester	3.3%
167	Worthing	3.3%
168	Cornwall	3.3%
169	Swansea	3.3%
170	Vale of Glamorgan	3.3%
171	Merthyr Tydfil	3.3%
172	Fife	3.3%
173	South Ayrshire	3.3%
174	Bassetlaw	3.2%
175	Cannock Chase	3.2%
176	Wyre Forest	3.2%
177	Dacorum	3.2%
178	Dartford	3.2%
179	Adur	3.2%
180	Rhondda Cynon Taf	3.2%
181	County Durham	3.1%
182	West Lindsey	3.1%
183	Colchester	3.1%
184	Epping Forest	3.1%
185	Welwyn Hatfield	3.1%
186	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	3.1%
187	Rushmoor	3.1%
188	North Devon	3.1%
189	Neath Port Talbot	3.1%
190	Angus	3.1%
191	Stockport	3.0%
192	Trafford	3.0%
193	Bolsover	3.0%
194	Oadby and Wigston	3.0%
195	South Holland	3.0%
196	East Suffolk	3.0%
197	Buckinghamshire	3.0%
198	Ashford	3.0%
199	Gwynedd	3.0%
200	Flintshire	3.0%
201	Wrexham	3.0%
202	Bridgend	3.0%
203	Clackmannanshire	3.0%
204	Falkirk	3.0%
205	North Lanarkshire	3.0%
206	Causeway Coast and Glens	3.0%
207	Northumberland	2.9%
208	Lancaster	2.9%
209	Wyre	2.9%
210	South Kesteven	2.9%
211	Newcastle-under-Lyme	2.9%
212	Rugby	2.9%
213	North Norfolk	2.9%
214	Torridge	2.9%
215	Carmarthenshire	2.9%
216	Dumfries and Galloway	2.9%
217	Renfrewshire	2.9%
218	Scottish Borders	2.9%
219	Mid and East Antrim	2.9%
220	Fylde	2.8%
221	West Lancashire	2.8%
222	Melton	2.8%
223	Broxtowe	2.8%
224	Newark and Sherwood	2.8%
225	North Warwickshire	2.8%
226	Chelmsford	2.8%
227	Woking	2.8%
228	Cheltenham	2.8%
229	Ceredigion	2.8%
230	City of Edinburgh	2.8%
231	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	2.8%
232	Newry, Mourne and Down	2.8%
233	Warrington	2.7%
234	Amber Valley	2.7%
235	Braintree	2.7%
236	Three Rivers	2.7%
237	Breckland	2.7%
238	Bracknell Forest	2.7%
239	Basingstoke and Deane	2.7%
240	Powys	2.7%
241	Argyll and Bute	2.7%
242	Moray	2.7%
243	West Lothian	2.7%
244	Somerset	2.6%
245	Cheshire West and Chester	2.6%
246	Herefordshire	2.6%
247	South Staffordshire	2.6%
248	Bromsgrove	2.6%
249	Wychavon	2.6%
250	Central Bedfordshire	2.6%
251	Brentwood	2.6%
252	Richmond upon Thames	2.6%
253	Windsor and Maidenhead	2.6%
254	Tunbridge Wells	2.6%
255	Oxford	2.6%
256	Tandridge	2.6%
257	Forest of Dean	2.6%
258	South Lanarkshire	2.6%
259	Ards and North Down	2.6%
260	Cumberland	2.5%
261	South Ribble	2.5%
262	Stafford	2.5%
263	Malvern Hills	2.5%
264	Castle Point	2.5%
265	Maldon	2.5%
266	Babergh	2.5%
267	West Suffolk	2.5%
268	West Berkshire	2.5%
269	Wealden	2.5%
270	Tonbridge and Malling	2.5%
271	Runnymede	2.5%
272	North Somerset	2.5%
273	Midlothian	2.5%
274	Cheshire East	2.4%
275	Chorley	2.4%
276	East Riding of Yorkshire	2.4%
277	High Peak	2.4%
278	North East Derbyshire	2.4%
279	South Derbyshire	2.4%
280	Charnwood	2.4%
281	Hinckley and Bosworth	2.4%
282	Shropshire	2.4%
283	Warwick	2.4%
284	Huntingdonshire	2.4%
285	St Albans	2.4%
286	South Norfolk	2.4%
287	New Forest	2.4%
288	Cherwell	2.4%
289	Elmbridge	2.4%
290	Mid Devon	2.4%
291	Dorset	2.4%
292	Tewkesbury	2.4%
293	Monmouthshire	2.4%
294	East Lothian	2.4%
295	Highland	2.4%
296	Blaby	2.3%
297	Stratford-on-Avon	2.3%
298	Rochford	2.3%
299	North Hertfordshire	2.3%
300	Eastleigh	2.3%
301	Sevenoaks	2.3%
302	Surrey Heath	2.3%
303	Wiltshire	2.3%
304	Exeter	2.3%
305	Perth and Kinross	2.3%
306	Stirling	2.3%
307	Antrim and Newtownabbey	2.3%
308	Fermanagh and Omagh	2.3%
309	Lichfield	2.2%
310	Staffordshire Moorlands	2.2%
311	East Cambridgeshire	2.2%
312	Epsom and Ewell	2.2%
313	Reigate and Banstead	2.2%
314	East Devon	2.2%
315	South Hams	2.2%
316	Teignbridge	2.2%
317	Stroud	2.2%
318	Na h-Eileanan Siar	2.2%
319	Mid Ulster	2.2%
320	North Kesteven	2.1%
321	Broadland	2.1%
322	Fareham	2.1%
323	Vale of White Horse	2.1%
324	South Gloucestershire	2.1%
325	West Devon	2.1%
326	Aberdeenshire	2.1%
327	North Yorkshire	2.1%
328	North West Leicestershire	2.0%
329	Rushcliffe	2.0%
330	Cambridge	2.0%
331	Uttlesford	2.0%
332	East Hertfordshire	2.0%
333	Mid Suffolk	2.0%
334	Wokingham	2.0%
335	East Hampshire	2.0%
336	Test Valley	2.0%
337	Winchester	2.0%
338	Guildford	2.0%
339	Horsham	2.0%
340	Mid Sussex	2.0%
341	Cotswold	2.0%
342	York	1.9%
343	Derbyshire Dales	1.9%
344	South Cambridgeshire	1.9%
345	South Oxfordshire	1.9%
346	West Oxfordshire	1.9%
347	Mole Valley	1.9%
348	Waverley	1.9%
349	Bath and North East Somerset	1.9%
350	East Dunbartonshire	1.9%
351	Lisburn and Castlereagh	1.9%
352	Westmorland and Furness	1.8%
353	Rutland	1.8%
354	Hart	1.8%
355	Ribble Valley	1.7%
356	Harborough	1.7%
357	East Renfrewshire	1.7%
358	Orkney Islands	1.7%
359	Isles of Scilly	1.5%
360	Shetland Islands	1.4%
361	City of London	1.1%
362	Allerdale	0.0%
363	Barrow-in-Furness	0.0%
364	Carlisle	0.0%
365	Copeland	0.0%
366	Eden	0.0%
367	South Lakeland	0.0%
368	Craven	0.0%
369	Hambleton	0.0%
370	Harrogate	0.0%
371	Richmondshire	0.0%
372	Ryedale	0.0%
373	Scarborough	0.0%
374	Selby	0.0%
375	Mendip	0.0%
376	Sedgemoor	0.0%
377	South Somerset	0.0%
378	Somerset West and Taunton	0.0%