Birmingham
8 datasets are currently published for Birmingham. 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 Birmingham compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 1st of 361 (65.7 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 226th of 318 (£227,250).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 16th of 132 (21.0%).
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 — Birmingham: 77,310, July 2026 (-0.1% year on year, from 77,395). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Birmingham: 100.7, June 2026 (+2.1% year on year, from 98.6). 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 — Birmingham: £227,250, Q2 2026 (+3.3% year on year, from £220,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Birmingham: 21.0%, 2024/25 (-2.3 percentage points year on year, from 23.3%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Birmingham: 24, Q1 2026 (-17.2% year on year, from 29). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Birmingham: 1,176,960, 2025 (-0.5% year on year, from 1,182,920). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Birmingham: 2,307, 2025 (+0.5% year on year, from 2,296). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
Awarded contracts by local authority:
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