Claimant count -- Waltham Forest
12,680, latest July 2026.
12,680 was the total. The largest year-on-year movement was Claimant count -- Waltham Forest, 5% lower (12,680).
Before you use these figures
- Not a measure of unemployment: The claimant count is a count of people claiming Universal Credit (who are required to seek work) or Jobseeker's Allowance, not a count of unemployed people. It includes some people in part-time work and excludes people who are unemployed but not claiming. ONS's Labour Force Survey is the measure of unemployment, and is a different figure.
- Unusually high compared with other areas: This figure is unusually high compared with other areas currently publishing this dataset — 12,680 against a typical figure (median) of about 2,700 across 360 other areas. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward comparison.
- Unusually high in May 2025: This area's May 2025 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for May 2025 — 13,525 against a typical figure (median) of about 2,650 across 360 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it -- flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
- Four nations, one series: Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance operate UK-wide, so this series is directly comparable across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- unlike some UK statistics that are only published for some nations.
Cite this figure:
Claimant count -- Waltham Forest 12,680 for Waltham Forest, July 2026 StatsMapped last confirmed this figure on 30 Aug 2026. Source: Nomis -- Claimant Count by sex and age (NM_162_1), via statsmapped.com https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/waltham-forest/uk_live_register_e09000031