Southwark
8 datasets are currently published for Southwark. 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 Southwark compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 16th of 361 (42.7 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 24th of 318 (£505,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 96th of 132 (17.2%).
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 — Southwark: 13,350, July 2026 (+0.5% year on year, from 13,280). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Southwark: 97.9, June 2026 (+2.2% year on year, from 95.8). 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 — Southwark: £505,000, Q2 2026 (+3.3% year on year, from £488,888). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Southwark: 17.2%, 2024/25 (+0.3 percentage points year on year, from 16.9%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Southwark: 56, Q1 2026 (-1.8% year on year, from 57). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Southwark: 312,366, 2025 (-1.5% year on year, from 317,058). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Southwark: 924, 2025 (+5.6% year on year, from 875). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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