Barking and Dagenham
8 datasets are currently published for Barking and Dagenham. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Barking and Dagenham compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 8th of 361 (48.6 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 80th of 318 (shared with 1 other local authority district) (£380,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 75th of 132 (17.9%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Barking and Dagenham: 11,575, July 2026 (-1.2% year on year, from 11,715). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Barking and Dagenham: 105.3, June 2026 (+4.3% year on year, from 101.0). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Barking and Dagenham: £380,000, Q2 2026 (+2.3% year on year, from £371,500). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Barking and Dagenham: 17.9%, 2024/25 (-0.9 percentage points year on year, from 18.8%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Barking and Dagenham: 14, Q1 2026 (+100.0% year on year, from 7). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Barking and Dagenham: 238,295, 2025 (+1.5% year on year, from 234,866). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Barking and Dagenham: 480, 2025 (-0.4% year on year, from 482). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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